Questions tagged [readlink]
Use this tag for questions related to the readlink command which prints resolved symbolic links or canonical file names.
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In bash, how to resolve what is actually going to be executed?
Bash has the built-in command "type", which indicates how each argument would be interpreted if used as a command name, for instance:
$ type myfunction
myfunction is a function
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How to get bash autocompletion to mimic the behavior for a certain command?
I'm writing a script wrapping a certain Linux command. Now, that command, when I use it directly on the command-line, has some autocomplete behavior. For example, if I type the command name, then ...
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Linux alternative to "readlink -e" for nonexistent files
On Windows, I often create a full path to a nonexistent file so that I can provide it to file-saving dialogue boxes, thus telling the host application where to save a file. Using Cygwin, this is done ...
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How do I resolve a relative path in a POSIX shell if readlink/realpath is not available?
If neither utility readlink, nor realpath is available (I think today mostly from GNU coreutils?), what can I use in POSIX shell scripting to resolve a relative path?
There is a realpath C function, ...
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What is the hex string in readlink output
When I run this command 'readlink /proc/3192/exe', it returns the output '/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm;62d69987 (deleted)'.
There is a hex string ';62d69987' in the output, what is it?
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'is a directory' error when trying to use readlink
I am messing around in bash to try and create a custom PS1 but I'm running into an error when I try to print the absolute path of the directory I am in. I have a directory $FIRMWARE which is a symlink....
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Can realpath command completely replaced by readlink command?
Given that realpath command does not exists on every unix platform, I would like to replace realpath with readlink command in order to make my shell script as cross-platform as possible.
The thing is ...
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readlink -f and -e option description not clear
-f, --canonicalize
canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively; all but the last component must exist
-e, --canonicalize-existing
canonicalize by following ...
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combine ls -alt with readlink
I have a directory containing a lot of symbolic links and some huge subdirectories. I want to get a detailed listing, sorted by time, of just the files in the parent directory, but with targets ...
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How do I restore files removed from /usr/bin?
TL;DR at the bottom.
Background:
The following occured on my CentOS 6.10 production server. I was using a browser based terminal program to run the program Midnight Commander which is a console-...
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Why says readlink that there is no such file or directory [duplicate]
I am creating a bash function that should return true/false if a specified symlink refers to specified target. I based myself on https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/192341/40237
However, I am having ...
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copying a symlink to a target file using cp -t
I have a symlink to a file on my Ubuntu system, and I need to copy the original file to a different directory and have a new name there. I am able to copy it to a different directory using
readlink -...
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Option to readlink on Linux and MacOS that will return filepath if it's not a symlink
I have this:
file_path="/actual/file/path"
read_link="$(readlink "$file_path")" # just in case it's a symlink
readlink will echo an empty string if it's not a symlink? Is there an option to readlink ...
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How do I test for link to a link?
I want to test whether a file is a link to another link. I tried readlink but it doesn't work the way I need it:
[email protected],1:~/subdir1 $ ll
lrwxrwxrwx 1 pi pi 13 Apr 10 14:34 hellolink ->...
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How to tell without knowing the mount point that a device UUID is mounted?
System: Linux Mint 19.1 Cinnamon 64-bit, based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
I would like to know if it is possible to get the following information:
Is this UUID (of a block device) mounted or not? (without ...
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