On 11/29/2017 06:56 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
+get_mode() { ls -ld "$1" | cut -b-10; }

Thanks.

BTW we often emphasize that the output of ls(1) is merely
intended for the users' eyes rather than for being processed
by a script.  Consequently, shouldn't we change this to using
stat(1) instead?

Have a nice day,
Berny

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