How to print file permission?

yes,yes, you think ls -l

well the unix way is small utilities doing things so you can like
chmod 777 file

but what is the reverse equivalent utility to give me 777
eg
getmod file
>777


i can't find one.......surely there is one?

 

Try this:

Code:

stat -c %a [I]file[/I]

or this:

Code:

find [I]file[/I] -prune -printf '%m\n'