Subj : Re: Determine file ownership using bash/bourne shell
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Jeff Silverman
Date : Wed Aug 18 2004 09:10 pm

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:17:24 -0700, Chandrashekar Tippur wrote:

> All,
> 
> Is there a way to figure out the ownership of a file on Redhat Linux
> using Bash or bourne shell.
> 
> Shekar

There is more than one way to do it.  

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

will output the owner of a file named in symbol FILE on standard output.
If you want the owner in a symbol, then something like:


[jeffs@black jeffs]$ FILE=run1.txt
[jeffs@black jeffs]$  Y=`ls -l $FILE |  awk '{print $3; }'`
[jeffs@black jeffs]$ echo $Y
root
[jeffs@black jeffs]$


should do the trick.

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