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Commands using readlink

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readlink -fn foo | xsel -ib
2013-03-09 14:15:31
User: zplesivcak
Functions: readlink
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Copy canonical path of file 'foo' in the clipboard

'readlink -fn' gets canonical path of the file/directory without newline at the end;

'xsel -ib' copies pipelined string from STDIO to system clipboard (ready to be pasted with CTRL+V).

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readlink -f /proc/$pid/exe
2013-01-29 15:44:55
User: totti
Functions: readlink
Tags: PID
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bin file of a pid
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function _xterm_cwds() { for pid in $(pidof -- -zsh) $(pidof zsh); do reply+=$(readlink /proc/$pid/cwd) done }; function xcd() { cd $1 }; compctl -K _xterm_cwds xcd
2012-07-12 19:59:46
User: aartur
Functions: cd pidof readlink
Tags: function completion zsh cwd xterm
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Autocomplete directories (CWDs) of other ZSH processes

It gives a 'xcd' command for changing directory to one of CWDs of other ZSH processes (typically running in a terminal emulator). Useful for single-windowed terminal emulators like XTerm or Rxvt which don't have ability to pass CWD of one shell to another.

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tag() { local t="$HOME/tags/$1"; [ -d $t ] || mkdir -p $t; shift; local i; for i in $*; do ln -s $(readlink -f $i) $t;done}
2012-02-10 15:43:02
User: MeanderingCode
Functions: ln mkdir readlink
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shell function which allows you to tag files by creating symbolic links directories in a 'tags' folder.

shell function which allows you to tag files by creating symbolic links directories in a 'tags' folder.

The tag function takes a tag name as its first argument, then a list of files which take that tag. The directory $HOME/tags/tagname will then hold symbolic links to each of the tagged files. This function was modified from bartonski's (http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/10216) inspired by tmsu (found at https://bitbucket.org/oniony/tmsu/wiki/Home) with readlink function by flxndn (http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/10222).

Example:

tag dog airedale.txt .shizturc weimeraner.pl

This will create $HOME/tags/dog which contains symbolic links to airedale.txt .shizturc and weimeraner.pl

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full() {local i;for i in $*;do readlink -f $i;done}
2012-02-09 11:40:05
User: flxndn
Functions: readlink
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Function that show the full path of every argument.

You can use the command "full" not only with one item, with items with diferent paths, and with relatives and absolute paths.

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for FILE in `ls -1`; do if [ -L "$FILE" ]; then cp $(readlink "$FILE") ${FILE}_rf; rm -f $FILE; mv ${FILE}_rf "$FILE"; fi; done
2012-01-16 16:39:41
User: unixmonkey1907
Functions: cp mv readlink rm
Tags: bash Linux symlinks links
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Convert all the symbolic links in $PWD to copies of the referenced files
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dirname $(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE[0]})
2011-12-02 16:10:38
User: unixyangg
Functions: dirname readlink
Tags: cd dirname pwd variable
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Get full directory path of a script regardless of where it is run from

work for execute file

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BASEDIR=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))
2011-12-01 09:10:21
User: mackaz
Functions: dirname readlink
Tags: cd dirname pwd variable
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Get full directory path of a script regardless of where it is run from

Also resolves symlinks, showing the full path of the link target

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function whichpkg() { readlink -f "$(which $1)" | xargs --no-run-if-empty dpkg -S; }
2011-10-28 02:53:19
User: b_t
Functions: readlink xargs
Tags: xargs dpkg readlink
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Find out which debian package a command (executable) belongs to on debian-based distros

This revision to my command (command #8851) was called for when it failed to find the parent

package of 'rlogin', which is really a deep symbolic link to /usr/bin/ssh.

This revision fixes this newfound issue, while ensuring fixes of other older issues work too.

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readlink -f <file>
2011-09-21 14:13:14
User: pillo
Functions: readlink
Tags: filepath
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Find out actual full path of

Ever tried to mess with links and/or ../ in the file path? This command outputs the fully resolved path to the actual file passed on the command line.

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whichpkg () { dpkg -S $1 | egrep -w $(readlink -f "$(which $1)")$; }
2011-07-17 13:39:56
User: b_t
Functions: egrep readlink
Tags: dpkg readlink
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Find the package a command belongs to on debian-based distros

Advanced revision to the command 8776 . This revision follows symbolic links.

The quotation-marks surrounding $(which $1) allows for graceful handling of errors ( ie. readlink does not complain incase 'which' command generates (null) output)

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readlink /proc/self/cwd
2011-04-14 23:14:28
User: linuts
Functions: readlink
Tags: Process Management
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Find out current working directory of a process
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type () { if [ "$1" = "-c" ]; then shift; for f in "$@"; do ff=$(builtin type -p "$f"); readlink -f "$ff"; done; else builtin type $typeopts "$@"; fi; }
2011-04-07 18:57:51
User: splante
Functions: readlink type
Tags: builtin type symbolic link
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Adds "-c" canonical option to bash "type" builtin command to follow symbolic links

The "type" builtin command is handy to find out what executable will be used if you issue a command. But on some distros, particularly when using /etc/alternatives, certain executables get buried under layers and layers of symbolic links and it becomes hard to find which one.

If you put the above command in your .bashrc, it adds a "-c" option to the type command that will weed through the symbolic links and prints the actual file that will be executed.

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readlink -f myfile.txt
2011-02-07 14:28:28
User: AlBeBack
Functions: readlink
Tags: file
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get absolute file path

Retrieve absolute path name from relative path

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readlink -f /proc/$$/exe
2011-02-05 10:24:02
User: j_melis
Functions: readlink
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Figure out what shell you're running
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readlink -e /bin/ls
2011-01-04 14:55:33
User: bashrc
Functions: readlink
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Get the full path to a file

Part of coreutils - so needs no extra package...

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for lib in `readelf -d /usr/bin/abiword | grep NEEDED | cut -f2 -d[ | cut -f1 -d]`; do [ -e /usr/lib/$lib ] && j=/usr/lib/$lib || j=`locate -l 1 $lib`; readlink -f $j ; done
2010-10-31 20:01:24
User: bandie91
Functions: cut grep readlink
Tags: cut readelf library
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Gather libraries used and needed by a binary
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absolute_path () { readlink -f "$1"; };
2009-11-02 12:24:19
User: stf42
Functions: readlink
Tags: PATH
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Get the absolute path of a file
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cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list > /tmp/listin ; ls /proc/*/exe |xargs -l readlink | grep -xvFf /tmp/listin; rm /tmp/listin
2009-09-09 18:09:14
User: kamathln
Functions: cat grep ls readlink rm xargs
Tags: Debian find dpkg
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Find running binary executables that were not installed using dpkg

This helped me find a botnet that had made into my system. Of course, this is not a foolproof or guarantied way to find all of them or even most of them. But it helped me find it.

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readlink -f ../super/symlink_bon/ahoy
2009-06-23 17:46:08
User: rbs
Functions: readlink
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Get the canonical, absolute path given a relative and/or noncanonical path

readlink -f accepts a relative, noncanonical path and emits the corresponding canonical, absolute path.

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readlink -f /proc/<pid>/cmdline
2009-05-26 10:09:03
User: naseer
Functions: readlink
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Find the full path of an already running process

Uses the pid to get the full path of the process. Useful when you do not which command got picked from the path

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