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Get octal output from ls using awk
#!/bin/sh
ls -l | awk '{
k = 0
s = 0
for( i = 0; i <= 8; i++ )
{
k += ( ( substr( $1, i+2, 1 ) ~ /[rwxst]/ ) * 2 ^( 8 - i ) )
}
j = 4
for( i = 4; i <= 10; i += 3 )
{
s += ( ( substr( $1, i, 1 ) ~ /[stST]/ ) * j )
j/=2
}
if ( k )
{
printf( "%0o%0o ", s, k )
}
print
}'
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