File Attributes and Permissions

File Attributes

We can observe 7 attribute fields listed for each file. 

The attribute fields are

1. File name
2. Modification date
3. Size
4. Group:(associated group for the file)
5. Owner
6. Number of links(the number of other links associated with this file),
7. Permission modes: the permissions assigned to the file for the owner, the group and all   others.

File Permissions
The permission field for each file consists of 10 characters as described by the diagram below