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Asked: May 28, 20262026-05-28T11:17:11+00:00 2026-05-28T11:17:11+00:00

Is there a shell command to just print the owner of a file? I

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Is there a shell command to just print the owner of a file?

I guess I could just do:

ls -l  | awk '{print $3}'

but this feels like there would be a more straightforward answer to the problem.

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    2026-05-28T11:17:12+00:00Added an answer on May 28, 2026 at 11:17 am

    Try using stat(1)

    [cnicutar@fresh ~]$ stat -c %U file.c
    cnicutar
    

    There are lots of format sequences available: user ID, total size, etc.

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