sidburn@sid:~$ stat todo.txt | grep 'Access:'
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: ( 1000/ sidburn)   Gid: ( 1000/ sidburn)
Access: 2010-01-06 16:10:09.945468864 +0100
sidburn@sid:~$ cat todo.txt > /dev/null 
sidburn@sid:~$ stat todo.txt | grep 'Access:'
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: ( 1000/ sidburn)   Gid: ( 1000/ sidburn)
Access: 2010-01-06 16:10:09.945468864 +0100