Re: Working with permissions

[Cameron Simpson <cs zip com au>]

On 18:54 31 May 2003, Ian Dixon <zippller optonline net> wrote:
| Thanks Bob,
| I am aware of both formats, I just wondered if you were able to display one
| or the other as default when running a ls -l command of a file, so that 
| I might
| see 664 displayed rather than -rw-rw-r-- every time I looked at a files or
| directories permissions. I see that it is not possible and appreciate 
| your help
| as always.

You can always write a very short Perl script:

	#!/usr/bin/perl
	for (@ARGV)
	{ (@s=lstat) || continue;
	  printf("%04o %s\n",$s[2]&07777,$_);
	}

Instant octal modes for the argument filenames. Hack to suit.

Cheers,
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