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I am a new Linux command line user. How do I find file permissions in octal format such as 0644 from the bash command line running on a Linux or Unix operating systems? How can I get the octal permissions for a file?

I am trying to use ansible apt autoremove option but it is not working. I wanted to remove all unused Linux kernel and unwanted package dependency with the apt command/apt-get command. How can I run sudo apt-get autoremove on remote Ubuntu/Debian Linux servers with ansible?