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kpsestat

compute octal mode from mode of existing file

kpsestat mode file

kpsestat prints the octal permission of file modified according to mode on standard output. The mode parameter accepts a subset of the symbolic permissions accepted by chmod(1). Use = as the mode to obtain the unchanged permissions.

kpsestat accepts the following options:

Print help message and exit.
Print version information and exit.

chmod(1).