/usr/lib/gcc/hppa64-linux-gnu/7/as is in gcc-7-hppa64-linux-gnu 7.3.0-16ubuntu3.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o777.
It is a symlink to /usr/lib/gcc/hppa64-linux-gnu/7/../../../../bin/hppa64-linux-gnu-as
/usr/lib/gcc/hppa64-linux-gnu/7/../../../../bin/hppa64-linux-gnu-as