lsattr

lsattr is a command-line program for listing the attributes on a Linux second extended file system (ext2). It is also a command to display attributes of devices on an AIX operating system.

Options

The form of the lsattr command (gnu 1.41.3):

 lsattr [ -RVadv ] [ files...  ]

• -R Recursively list attributes of directories and their contents.
• -V Display the program version.
• -a List all files in directories, including files that start with '.'
• -d List directories like other files, rather than listing their contents.
• -v List the file’s version/generation number.

Attributes

Some attributes include:

• don't update atime (A)
• synchronous updates (S)
• synchronous directory updates (D)
• append only (a)
• compressed (c)
• no dump (d)
• immutable (i)
• data journaling (j)
• secure deletion (s)
• top of directory hierarchy (T)
• no tail-merging (t)
• undeletable (u)
• use hashed b-trees for directory lookups (I)

Details of the attributes can be found in the chattr man page

See also

• chattr