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Greg Bacon

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Why does stat give 33188 for a file mode?
2026-05-15 Greg Bacon
#Unix #Linux #Perl

How Unix represents file permissions. Why stat reports 33188 for a 644 file: st_mode bit fields, file-type bits, octal, and masking with 07777 in Perl.

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