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Asked: May 19, 20262026-05-19T22:08:03+00:00 2026-05-19T22:08:03+00:00

How to find if a file is readable by everyone in UNIX?

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    2026-05-19T22:08:04+00:00Added an answer on May 19, 2026 at 10:08 pm

    From perldoc:

    $mode = (stat($filename))[2];
    printf "Permissions are %04o\n", $mode & 07777;
    

    To extract read-for-others bit you can do

    print "read for everyone" if $mode & 4;    # pick bit 2 from mode
    
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