Question: How do I find out all the available file attributes. i.e I would like to know more about a file or directory than what the ls -l command displays.
Answer: Everything in Unix is treated as files. This includes devices, directories and sockets — all of these are files. Stat command displays file or filesystem status as explained in this article.
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