Stat Perms

alias perm="stat -c '%n %U:%G-%a'"

This is a small alias I’ve used for many years. It just formats the output of stat into a clean and understandable output.

> perm *
file_10 user:user-664
file_11 user:user-664
file_12 user:user-664

Compare to the output of stat. It’s much more verbose. If you need that extra information, that’s great. Use it. But if you just need to quickly know ownership and permissions (the cause of most issues), perm has been my go to for a long time.

> stat *
  File: file_10
  Size: 0               Blocks: 0          IO Block: 4096   regular empty file
Device: 25h/37d Inode: 54810       Links: 1
Access: (0664/-rw-rw-r--)  Uid: ( 1000/       z)   Gid: ( 1000/       z)
Access: 2025-04-22 12:08:14.448857026 -0700
Modify: 2025-04-22 12:08:14.448857026 -0700
Change: 2025-04-22 12:08:14.448857026 -0700
 Birth: -
  File: file_11
  Size: 0               Blocks: 0          IO Block: 4096   regular empty file
Device: 25h/37d Inode: 54811       Links: 1
Access: (0664/-rw-rw-r--)  Uid: ( 1000/       z)   Gid: ( 1000/       z)
Access: 2025-04-22 12:08:14.448857026 -0700
Modify: 2025-04-22 12:08:14.448857026 -0700
Change: 2025-04-22 12:08:14.448857026 -0700
 Birth: -
  File: file_12
  Size: 0               Blocks: 0          IO Block: 4096   regular empty file
Device: 25h/37d Inode: 54812       Links: 1
Access: (0664/-rw-rw-r--)  Uid: ( 1000/       z)   Gid: ( 1000/       z)
Access: 2025-04-22 12:08:14.448857026 -0700
Modify: 2025-04-22 12:08:14.448857026 -0700
Change: 2025-04-22 12:08:14.448857026 -0700
 Birth: -