in reply to stat and permissions

I just want to store those 4 numbers in a scalar.
Use sprintf: 
$mode = sprintf '%04o', (stat $file)[2] & 07777;
print "Permissions are $mode\n";

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Re^2: stat and permissions
by Stoomy (Novice) on Jan 17, 2011 at 19:47 UTC
    THANK YOU!
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