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Asked: 2026-05-13T00:33:34+00:00

Is it possible when listing a directory to view numerical Unix permissions such as

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Is it possible when listing a directory to view numerical Unix permissions such as 644, rather than the symbolic output -rw-rw-r-- ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    it almost can ..

     ls -l | awk '{k=0;for(i=0;i<=8;i++)k+=((substr($1,i+2,1)~/[rwx]/) \
             *2^(8-i));if(k)printf("%0o ",k);print}'
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