Linux CLI 37 🐧 stat command and inodes

a - stat command

    stat displays information about a file or directory
    The information includes metadata like size, permissions, timestampts etc
    Size → size in Bytes Blocks → Total blocks allocated on the HDD
    IO Block → size of each bloc in Bytes Device → in hexadecimal format
    Inode → inode of the file Links → amount of hard links
    Access → file permissions Uid → owner ID Gid → group ID
    Then there are timestamps for Access, modify, change and birth
    stat file.txt → shows information for a file
    stat -f ~/CLI/ → shows information for a directory


b - inodes

    inodes are unique identifiers for files and directories
    They represent the smallest unit of storage and are stored as block
    Each inode contains metadata information such as permissions, timestamp type etc
    It is assigned a unique number when a file is created
    It remains the same through the file's lifetime
    inodes are used to track files and directories on a disk
    stat -c %i file.txt → shows the file's inode number

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