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NAME

6       namei - follow a pathname until a terminal point is found
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SYNOPSIS

9       namei [options] pathname...
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DESCRIPTION

12       namei interprets its arguments as pathnames to any type of Unix file
13       (symlinks, files, directories, and so forth). namei then follows each
14       pathname until an endpoint is found (a file, a directory, a device
15       node, etc). If it finds a symbolic link, it shows the link, and starts
16       following it, indenting the output to show the context.
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18       This program is useful for finding "too many levels of symbolic links"
19       problems.
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21       For each line of output, namei uses the following characters to
22       identify the file type found:
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24              f: = the pathname currently being resolved
25               d = directory
26               l = symbolic link (both the link and its contents are output)
27               s = socket
28               b = block device
29               c = character device
30               p = FIFO (named pipe)
31               - = regular file
32               ? = an error of some kind
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34       namei prints an informative message when the maximum number of symbolic
35       links this system can have has been exceeded.
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OPTIONS

38       -l, --long
39           Use the long listing format (same as -m -o -v).
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41       -m, --modes
42           Show the mode bits of each file type in the style of ls(1), for
43           example 'rwxr-xr-x'.
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45       -n, --nosymlinks
46           Don’t follow symlinks.
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48       -o, --owners
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51       -v, --vertical
52           Vertically align the modes and owners.
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54       -x, --mountpoints
55           Show mountpoint directories with a 'D' rather than a 'd'.
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57       -Z, --context
58           Show security context of the file or "?" if not available. The
59           support for security contexts is optional and does not have to be
60           compiled to the namei binary.
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62       -h, --help
63           Display help text and exit.
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65       -V, --version
66           Print version and exit.
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BUGS

69       To be discovered.
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AUTHORS

72       The original namei program was written by Roger Southwick
73       <rogers@amadeus.wr.tek.com>.
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75       The program was rewritten by Karel Zak Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>.
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SEE ALSO

78       ls(1), stat(1), symlink(7)
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REPORTING BUGS

81       For bug reports, use the issue tracker at
82       https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues.
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AVAILABILITY

85       The namei command is part of the util-linux package which can be
86       downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
87       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.
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91util-linux 2.39.2                 2023-06-14                          NAMEI(1)
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