Get Unix permission masks for file(s) in Python.

p-bits.py

# https://docs.python.org/3/library/stat.html

import os as system

permission_index = {
    0: 'st_mode',
    1: 'st_ino',
    2: 'st_dev',
    3: 'st_nlink',
    4: 'st_uid',
    5: 'st_gid',
    6: 'st_size',
    7: 'st_atime',
    8: 'st_mtime',
    9: 'st_ctime'
}

def get_permission_bits(self, file):
    file_ids = self.system.stat(file)
    for index, ids in enumerate(file_ids):
        bit_list = [index, ids, permission_index[index]]