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10-02-2007

barbus

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file permissions using shell scripting

Hi
I am trying to use shell script to display file permissions, and I can do it fine for the current user logged in, but now I want to view all file permissions for the Owner of the file, Group users and everyone, so it will look something like this:
-----------------READ WRITE EXECUTE
OWNER Username ---YES---YES---NO
GROUP USERS ---YES---NO---NO
EVERYBODY ---NO----NO---NO

Below is what I have so far.

Code:

echo -n "please enter file name : "
read file 
[ -w $file ] && W="Write = yes" || W="Write = No"
[ -x $file ] && X="Execute = yes" || X="Execute = No" 
[ -r $file ] && R="Read = yes" || R="Read = No" 
echo "$file permissions $W $R $X"

so my question is how do I find out the other permissions of the file?.

Any hints of tips would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

Last edited by barbus; 10-02-2007 at 05:52 AM..

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