namei

Follows a pathname (which can be a symbolic link) until a terminal point is found (a file/directory/char device etc). This program is useful for finding "too many levels of symbolic links" problems. More information: https://manned.org/namei.

• Resolve the pathnames specified as the argument parameters:
  namei {{path/to/a}} {{path/to/b}} {{path/to/c}}
• Display the results in a long-listing format:
  namei --long {{path/to/a}} {{path/to/b}} {{path/to/c}}
• Show the mode bits of each file type in the style of ls:
  namei --modes {{path/to/a}} {{path/to/b}} {{path/to/c}}
• Show owner and group name of each file:
  namei --owners {{path/to/a}} {{path/to/b}} {{path/to/c}}
• Don't follow symlinks while resolving:
  namei --nosymlinks {{path/to/a}} {{path/to/b}} {{path/to/c}}