how do I get the 'which' command to resolve symlinks?

Question

I've symlinked a script file into my ~/bin, and when I do which foo the output is:

/Users/me/bin/foo

Is there a way to have this resolve the symlink and show me the real file?

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 23 '17 at 09:27

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use readlink

readlink -f "$(which command)"

edited Aug 23 '17 at 09:27

answered Aug 23 '17 at 09:18

tso

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Except the OP's /Users suggests he's on macOS and macOS' readlink doesn't support the -f option. – Stéphane Chazelas Aug 23 '17 at 09:28

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 23 '17 at 09:30

3

With zsh:

print -r =foo(:A)

Or if foo is in the $cmd variable:

print -r $cmd:c:A

answered Aug 23 '17 at 09:30

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