I know that using ls -l \"directory/directory/filename\"
tells me the permissions of a file. How do I do the same on a directory?
I could obviously use
In GNU/Linux, try to use ls
, namei
, getfacl
, stat
.
[flying@lempstacker ~]$ ls -ldh /tmp
drwxrwxrwt. 23 root root 4.0K Nov 8 15:41 /tmp
[flying@lempstacker ~]$ namei -l /tmp
f: /tmp
dr-xr-xr-x root root /
drwxrwxrwt root root tmp
[flying@lempstacker ~]$ getfacl /tmp
getfacl: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names
# file: tmp
# owner: root
# group: root
# flags: --t
user::rwx
group::rwx
other::rwx
[flying@lempstacker ~]$
or
[flying@lempstacker ~]$ stat -c "%a" /tmp
1777
[flying@lempstacker ~]$ stat -c "%n %a" /tmp
/tmp 1777
[flying@lempstacker ~]$ stat -c "%A" /tmp
drwxrwxrwt
[flying@lempstacker ~]$ stat -c "%n %A" /tmp
/tmp drwxrwxrwt
[flying@lempstacker ~]$
[flying@lempstacker ~]$ ls -lh /tmp/anaconda.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 8 08:31 /tmp/anaconda.log
[flying@lempstacker ~]$ namei -l /tmp/anaconda.log
f: /tmp/anaconda.log
dr-xr-xr-x root root /
drwxrwxrwt root root tmp
-rw-r--r-- root root anaconda.log
[flying@lempstacker ~]$ getfacl /tmp/anaconda.log
getfacl: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names
# file: tmp/anaconda.log
# owner: root
# group: root
user::rw-
group::r--
other::r--
[flying@lempstacker ~]$
or
[flying@lempstacker ~]$ stat -c "%a" /tmp/anaconda.log
644
[flying@lempstacker ~]$ stat -c "%n %a" /tmp/anaconda.log
/tmp/anaconda.log 644
[flying@lempstacker ~]$ stat -c "%A" /tmp/anaconda.log
-rw-r--r--
[flying@lempstacker ~]$ stat -c "%n %A" /tmp/anaconda.log
/tmp/anaconda.log -rw-r--r--
[flying@lempstacker ~]$
$ ls -ld directory
ls
is the list command.
-
indicates the beginning of the command options.
l
asks for a long list which includes the permissions.
d
indicates that the list should concern the named directory itself; not its contents. If no directory name is given, the list output will pertain to the current directory.
There is also
getfacl /directory/directory/
which includes ACL
A good introduction on Linux ACL here
In addition to the above posts, i'd like to point out that "man ls" will give you a nice manual about the "ls" ( List " command.
Also, using ls -la myFile will list & show all the facts about that file.
You can also use the stat
command if you want detailed information on a file/directory. (I precise this as you say you are learning ^^)
Here is the short answer:
$ ls -ld directory
Here's what it does:
-d, --directory
list directory entries instead of contents, and do not dereference symbolic links
You might be interested in manpages. That's where all people in here get their nice answers from.
refer to online man pages