Terminal – Get file or folder permission in octal numerical format
Often with GNU Linux you will be asked to change the permissions of a file or folder via the terminal using chmod as below.
For a file:
chmod 644 my_file
or for a folder:
chmod 755 my_folder
However, when you want to check a file or folders permissions in this octal numerical format ls is not going to help you. To view the octal numerical format permissions of a file or folder you can use the command below.
For a file:
stat -c "%a %n" my_file
or for a folder:
stat -c "%a %n" my_folder
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