How to check if “s” permission bit is set on Linux shell? or Perl?

Question

I am writing some scripts to check if the \"s\" permission bit is set for a particular file. For example - permissions for my file are as follows-

drwxr-s---
         


        

Answer 1

If you're using perl, then have a look at perldoc:

-u  File has setuid bit set.
-g  File has setgid bit set.
-k  File has sticky bit set.

So something like:

if (-u $filename) { ... }