stat on subfolders?

fbraphael · 08-23-2012, 06:38 AM

Is it possible to run the stat command and see the permissions for the current folder and all subfolders? Thanks!

MensaWater · 08-23-2012, 08:22 AM

Code:

find . -type d |xargs stat

The "find . -type d" says to search the current directory and and show all subdirectories. This output is piped into xargs which says to run a command on every line of output so it runs the stat on each subdirectory from the find.

schneidz · 08-23-2012, 03:31 PM

single process:

Code:

find . -type d -exec stat '{}' \;

David the H. · 08-23-2012, 03:41 PM

If you're using a relatively recent version of bash, you can use the new globstar globbing feature.

Code:

shopt -s globstar
stat --printf='%A: %n\n' **/

** expands to all files recursively.
**/ expands to directories only.
You can append another globbing pattern after it to expand to certain files inside those directories.

Don't use it on any tree that contains recursive directory symlinks, however.

You'll also want to enable the dotglob option to expand hidden files.