UNIX Shell: Find Out Real Path Of File

Courtesy Topix - Linux  Fri, 10/03/2008 - 20:51

Q. Some of my programs and scripts needs a real path and not a a symbolic link. How to I determine a real path of any directory under Linux / UNIX operating systems?

How do I remove references to /./, /../ and ...


 

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