readlink
Follow symlinks and get symlink information. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/readlink.
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Get the actual file to which the symlink points:
readlink {{path/to/file}} -
Get the absolute path to a file:
readlink -f {{path/to/file}}
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