Display files permissions in number format i.e “0755”?

Question

Is there a way to get files/directories permissions in number format "0777" instead of "-rw--r--r" format?

Answer 1

You can display the octal permissions for a file using the stat command:

stat -c %a [filename]

Or by using find:

find [path] -printf '%m %p\n'

Note that find is recursive, and will print all files in all subdirectories as well. You can use options like maxdepth or prune to stop it from recursing.