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Figure out what non-symlink path would be?

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Mar 15, 20261344 views
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Problem

On Linux, if I've cd'd around and am now in a directory, is there a way to figure out what the real path to that directory is if I had not used a symbolic link to get there? Consider: Or: Is there any way to figure out that /home/dave/tmp/5 is really /home/dave/1/2/3/4/5 ?

Error Output

$ pwd
/home/dave/tmp
$ mkdir -p 1/2/3/4/5
$ ln -s 1/2/3/4/5 5
$ cd 5
$ pwd 
/home/dave/tmp/5

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For use with , use : For generic symbolic links, use : Or (with for directories):

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