$mode = (stat($filename))[2]; printf "Permissions are %04o\n", $mode &07777; #### my $mode = (stat($file))[2]; my $perms = sprintf "%04o", $mode &07777; print "EVIL PERSON with $file" if $perms eq '0777'; #### use Fcntl ':mode'; $mode = (stat($filename))[2]; $user_rwx = ($mode & S_IRWXU) >> 6;