Today, I needed to stat() in a shell script. After solving my immediate problem with a perl one-liner, I went on to write a proper command-line tool to do the job.
http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/tech/stat -- David Cantrell | Member of the Brute Squad | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david Gehyrst þu, sælida, hwæt þis folc segeð? Hi willað eow to gafole garas syllan, ættrynne ord and ealde swurd, þa heregeatu þe eow æt hilde ne deah. -- Brithnoth