Quick way to get octal permissions of files

[BiTBiTE_101]

Hey guys!

I was just wondering on the correct syntax to display octal permissions of files on FreeNAS 11.
Currently on my Ubuntu server, I use:

Code:

stat -c "%a %n" *

But it returns an error complaining about the "-c" arg.

Looking at the stat manpage:
"-c --format=FORMAT
use the specified FORMAT instead of the default; output a newline after
each use of FORMAT"

When I use the "--format" it returns:

Code:

stat: illegal option -- -

I just want something quick and dirty like my original command for Ubuntu. The reason for all this is I would love to teach the kids to access the server for themselves, but I want to restrict their access to my personal files. I already know how to do this but it's stumping me as to why I can't view the octal permissions like on my ubuntu server.

That said, I apologize for any format errors in this post; I've only ever had to inquire on forums a handful of times - usually I can just figure it out but all solutions I've found points to my initial syntax, which seems to be incorrect for FreeNAS 11.

 

[wblock]

I use stat -f "%Sp == %Mp%Lp".

-c and --format might be GNU options. The FreeBSD man page is the place to look: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=stat.

 

[BiTBiTE_101]

That works great!

The only "problem" I have is, with the command in Ubuntu, when I use the "*" wildcard to list all files, it would list the names of the files, along with their octal permissions.
When using "*" with your command, all that's given is:

Code:

[bitbite@vault /mnt/vault/zeus]# stat -f "%Sp == %Mp%Lp" *	
drwx------ == 0700															 
drwx------ == 0700															 
drwx------ == 0700															 
drwxrwxrwx == 0777															 
drwxr-x--- == 0750															 
drwxr-x--- == 0750															 
drwxr-x--- == 0750															 
drwxr-x--- == 0750															 
drwxr-x--- == 0750															 
drwxr-x--- == 0750			 

Although if I specify a filename, it works correctly.

Code:

[bitbite@vault /mnt/vault/zeus]# stat -f "%Sp == %Mp%Lp" "LIVE BACKUPS"			
drwxrwxrwx == 0777

The order of the permissions listed using the command was the same as when issuing "ls" so it wasn't a big deal.
I would have loved to have the folder names listed along with the permissions like on Ubuntu, but that's just me being picky.

Thanks a ton for your help, adding this one to my notes.

 

[c32767a]

That works great!

The only "problem" I have is, with the command in Ubuntu, when I use the "*" wildcard to list all files, it would list the names of the files, along with their octal permissions.
When using "*" with your command, all that's given is:

How's your binary math / powers of 2? :)

0 = none
1 = execute
2 = write
4 = read

left to right, first digit is user, second is group third is world.

It shouldn't take too long to learn to translate in your head..

setuid is extra.. :)

 

[wblock]

The only "problem" I have is, with the command in Ubuntu, when I use the "*" wildcard to list all files, it would list the names of the files, along with their octal permissions.

That can be added to the format. There is a whole section on that in the man page linked above. The format code for the filename is N. So, modifying what we had:

Code:

stat -f "%Sp == %Mp%Lp   %N" *
-rw-r--r-- == 0644   samplefile1
-rw-r--r-- == 0644   samplefile2
-rw-r--r-- == 0644   samplefile3

Probably better to use a tab there instead of spaces:
stat -f "%Sp == %Mp%Lp%t%N" *

There is a whole section of examples at the end of that man page. It's worth reading.

It shouldn't take too long to learn to translate in your head..

Dude, I didn't get a computer to not be lazy. :)