To display file system status

$ stat -f /home

To display information in terse form

$ stat -t sample.pdf

$ stat -t example.txt

$ stat -t sample.pdf example.txt

To enable following of symbolic links

$ stat /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Calcutta

To get information on the file that the links points

$ stat -L /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Calcutta

To format sequencing

To display inode of a file only

$ stat --printf='%i\n' example.txt

To display access rights and uid (User ID)

$ stat --printf='%a:%u\n' example.txt

To print out a new line without requiring an additional operand.

$ stat --format='%a:%F' example.txt

To display help options

$ stat --help

regards,

T.Dhanasekar