{"id":9485,"date":"2024-03-14T09:42:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T09:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-view-the-properties-of-an-executable-file-in-linux\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T15:37:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T15:37:00","slug":"how-to-view-the-properties-of-an-executable-file-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-view-the-properties-of-an-executable-file-in-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to view the properties of an executable file in Linux?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To view the properties of an executable file in a Linux system, you can use the ls -l command. To do this, simply input the following command in the terminal:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-built_in\">ls<\/span> -l \/path\/to\/executable_file\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The path to the executable file is the location of the file that you want to view the properties of. After running the command above, it will display information such as the file&#8217;s permissions, owner, and group.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, you can also use the &#8220;stat&#8221; command to view detailed information about a file. For example:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-built_in\">stat<\/span> \/path\/to\/executable_file\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This will display more detailed file property information, such as file size, creation time, last modification time, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To view the properties of an executable file in a Linux system, you can use the ls -l command. To do this, simply input the following command in the terminal: ls -l \/path\/to\/executable_file The path to the executable file is the location of the file that you want to view the properties of. 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