Binutils stat illegal option -c

Question

I use stat two times in my script once to find the file files permissions and once to find the size of the file.

 `stat -c %A "$directory/$file"`
 `stat -c %s "$directory/$file"`

I am using OSX 10.7 and directory and file are variable of the current directory I am in and the file.

Well, type `man stat` and see what options you do have – Mat May 19 '12 at 15:37 — Mat, May 19 '12 at 15:37
btw, it's not a bash question, but a binutils question – zmo May 19 '12 at 15:40 — zmo, May 19 '12 at 15:40
I wonder if ls could be used here to determine permission. – ravi May 19 '12 at 15:44 — ravi, May 19 '12 at 15:44
@ravi ls could determine permission but not size – Joe Tyman May 19 '12 at 15:46 — Joe Tyman, May 19 '12 at 15:46
can't du be used to determine size? – ravi May 19 '12 at 15:48 — ravi, May 19 '12 at 15:48

score 15 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 31 '18 at 00:20

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Darwin stat uses an -f argument, rather than -c, as it is a GNU extension.

You should download the gnu binutils, either from homebrew, from macports or from fink, and then use gstat instead of stat.

If you don't want to install gnu binutils and prefer to stick with the standard BSD tools, then:

stat -f%p t.c

will return the modes (in octal) and

stat -f%z t.c

will return the size.

edited Oct 31 '18 at 00:20

Abandoned Cart

answered May 19 '12 at 15:38

zmo

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Or for portability, write a simple Perl script. – tripleee May 19 '12 at 16:26

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