On Sunday 18 July 2004 02:35 pm, Thomas Adam wrote: > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > How can I generate a directory listing, including permissions > > represented in octal, instead of "r", "w", & "x"? > > Use "stat" to piece it together: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] n6tadam]$ stat -c '%a %A %G %U %N' * > 644 -rw-r--r-- n6tadam n6tadam `trymr' > 644 -rw-r--r-- n6tadam n6tadam `trytrytry.wav'
Interesting. If somebody had shown me that a long time ago, I wouldn't be having to keep up with my forked version of ls. :) ->ls -O /tmp/foo* 640 -rw-r----- 1 silvan silvan 6606 Jun 20 03:22 /tmp/foo.ps Maybe I'll finally let it die. I'm really tired of keeping up with it, and the idea just never caught anybody's eye. -- Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]