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john smith
Asked: 2015-11-18 11:57:52 +0800 CST

How to see the UID of all files or folders

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When I do a ls -al, I can see the owner and group of files or folders. However, I recently changed my UID, so how do I find out if all my folders belong to my username and the new uid?

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4 Answers

  1. Well, If you meant that you want to see the UIDs of the file then ls command can help.

    You can use ls with n flag.

        ls -n

    -n explanation from man page :

    -n, --numeric-uid-gid
              like -l, but list numeric user and group IDs.
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  2. Well, linux tracks ownership by uid only so 

    find / -uid 1000

    Change the uid 1000 to the uid you wish to search on.

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  3. $ ls -lnR yourdir

    • In case information is needed of a directory
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  4. For checking the uid:gid of a directory owner:group

    $ ls -nd /path/to/directory
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