Linux: How can I view a file's attributes which I set using `chattr`?

Question

I have a file, which I wanted to protect from accidental deletion, so I've ran:

chattr +i filename

Now my question is, once I've changed a file attributes, where can I see the newly set attributes?

score 32 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 27 '20 at 14:38

32

You want

lsattr filename

edited Oct 27 '20 at 14:38

pevik

answered Dec 15 '14 at 10:39

Andrew Schulman

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