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How to display file properties via terminal?

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What is the command line that displays file informations (or properties), such as in GUI method Display properties in GNOME?

Display properties GNOME

I know that ls -l shows properties; but how to display the same informations?

For example, instead of

rw-rw-r--

we have such GUI rendering:

abdennour@estifeda: $wishedCmd myFile

 ..... 

  Permissions : 

    Owner Access: Read & write 

    Group Access :Read & Write 

    Others Access: Read only

   .....

Screenshot of permissions dialogue

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answered 3 Years ago trousransla · Accepted Answer

Something like

#!/bin/bash

print_perm() {

  case "$1" in

    0) printf "NO PERMISSIONS";;

    1) printf "Execute only";;

    2) printf "Write only";;

    3) printf "Write & execute";;

    4) printf "Read only";;

    5) printf "Read & execute";;

    6) printf "Read & write";;

    7) printf "Read & write & execute";;

  esac

}



[[ ! -e $1 ]] &&  echo "$0 <file or dir>" 2>&1 && exit 1



perm=$(stat -c%a "$1")

user=${perm:0:1}

group=${perm:1:1}

global=${perm:2:1}



echo "Permissions :"

printf "	Owner Access: $(print_perm $user)

"

printf "	Group Access: $(print_perm $group)

"

printf "	Others Access: $(print_perm $global)

"

Output

# rwxr-x--- foo*

> ./abovescript foo

Permissions :

    Owner Access: Read & write & execute

    Group Access: Read & execute

    Others Access: NO PERMISSIONS