5. Inode Metadata

inode = index node (information node)

inode number is index into file system inode table

stat() system call, stat command

$ stat j
  File: j
  Size: 3               Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 902h/2306d      Inode: 9981236     Links: 1
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: ( 1000/   perry)   Gid: ( 1000/   perry)
Access: 2020-06-17 11:06:52.799937997 -0400
Modify: 2020-06-17 11:06:42.512146065 -0400
Change: 2020-06-17 11:06:42.512146065 -0400
 Birth: -
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