Basic ls command
 

Can someone help basic question, using the ls command i need to display access rights, what methods can i use?and examples would be great.

hi and welcome!

use ´ls -l´

-> check ´man ls´

Or start the Midnight Commander with "mc" in any console, set the right panel to "Info" with F9 and you have all the filerights displayed uber-comfy... :D

i dont think i was specific enough, i need to get the numeric access rights values

Type of desired output, the lower sets of numbers
rwx-wx--x
421021001
7 3 1

...but in this way mc shows only the rights per highlighted entry!

Yeah, go for the Midnight Commander version I postet right up there, it shows the octal values of the chmod too. Always remember, mc is your friend ;)

Hum, true. But on the other hand if you just look at the way the rights are usually displayed in the long ls outputs for a couple of minutes you see the octal values, come on, it's as simple as 1+2+4 ;)

I find mc kind of hard to get used to. Can you recommend some tips/sites to help with mc?

calcon

Look at the man-page ("man mc" in console) - the documentation is as detailed as it could be.

Thank you, I haven't read it yet but looking at it online it seems like it's very detailed.

Thanks!