How to see full absolute path of a symlink

linux symlink

realpath isn't available on all linux flavors, but readlink should be.

readlink -f symlinkName

The above should do the trick.

Alternatively, if you don't have either of the above installed, you can do the following if you have python 2.6 (or later) installed

python -c 'import os.path; print(os.path.realpath("symlinkName"))'

linux symlink

realpath <path to the symlink file> should do the trick.

linux symlink

unix flavors -> ll symLinkName

OSX -> readlink symLinkName

Difference is 1st way would display the sym link path in a blinking way and 2nd way would just echo it out on the console.

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