Linux Command - Linux file properties

Linux files have a lot of properties

use ls -lih command to show file properties

sample output

1
2
total 4.0K
13902171 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Dec 24 18:13 file1
output analysis
13902171 inode number. Inode stores information about a file but not the content
-rw-r–r– file permission, meaning file is readable and writable for owner. readable for group and others
1 hard link number. 1 meanings only one hard link, it is itself
root owner
root group
5 Dec 24 18:13 atime. meaning last access date
file1 name of the file