getcap

Command to display the name and capabilities of each specified file. More information: https://manned.org/getcap.

  • Get capabilities for the given files:

getcap path/to/file1 path/to/file2 …

  • Get capabilities for all the files recursively under the given directories:

getcap -r path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 …

  • Displays all searched entries even if no capabilities are set:

getcap -v path/to/file1 path/to/file2 …