what does this mean in detail? -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 920788 Mar 28 2013 bash

Question

can anybody help me with what this means: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 920788 Mar 28 2013 bash and explain it in detail.

Answer 1

It says that the file bash has :

• a size of 920788 bytes
• is owned by user 'root' from group 'root' (1st root is user, and 2nd is group)
• the user root can read/write/execute file (rwx on the left)
• users from group root can read/execute file (r-x in the middle)
• all other users can read/execute file (r-x on the right) the - means it is a normal file and the 1 links it to files.