Retrieving numeric filemode

Mark admin at asarian-host.net
Tue Mar 9 12:40:48 PST 2004


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Nelson" <dnelson at allantgroup.com>
To: "Mark" <admin at asarian-host.net>
Cc: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: Retrieving numeric filemode


> In the last episode (Mar 09), Mark said:
> 
> > Is there way (via find or ls, or something else), to retrieve
> > the numeric filemodes? For instance, if "ls -la" says
> > "-r--r--r--", I would like to get its numeric equivalent, 444.
> 
> You can use "stat -r" to get the mode.  It's the 3rd field.

Thanks! Just what the doctor ordered. :)

- Mark



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