[X4U] Command to get permissions of a single item?

[Doug McNutt]

At 20:29 -0400 10/30/06, Jerry Krinock wrote:
> The only command I can find for reading permissions is "ls",
>but of course that gives it for ITEMS IN the subject, which must be a
>directory.

I think you'll find that ls will return data for a single file if it is offered as the argument without any wild cards.

If you're looking for permissions of a directory then use the -d option.
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