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.

Accepted Answer

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.

Binutils stat illegal option -c

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