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Re: Locked files on USB sticks in Linux Mint 19.3

Hello Goalie.

Even if the file is locked one ought to be able to list the file permissions as follows:  In a terminal, navigate to the directory containing your file and then:
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ls -l filename
....substituting your file name, obviously!  This will show you lots of info about your file.  Please paste the output here.
To give you an idea of what to expect, here's something from my PC:
keith@T500:~$ ls -l mail.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 keith keith 68 Apr 22  2020 mai...
Hello Goalie.

Even if the file is locked one ought to be able to list the file permissions as follows:  In a terminal, navigate to the directory containing your file and then:
Code: [Select]
ls -l filename
....substituting your file name, obviously!  This will show you lots of info about your file.  Please paste the output here.
To give you an idea of what to expect, here's something from my PC:
keith@T500:~$ ls -l mail.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 keith keith 68 Apr 22  2020 mai...