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namei: add page #2427

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# namei

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

- Resolve the pathnames specified as the argument parameters:

`namei {{/path/to/a}} {{/path/to/b}} {{/path/to/c}}`
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Remove the prefixing slash from each path (i.e. {{path/to/...}})


- Display the results in a long-listing format:

`namei --long {{/path/to/a}} {{/path/to/b}} {{/path/to/c}}`
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Remove the prefixing slash from each path


- Show the mode bits of each file type in the style of `ls`:

`namei --modes {{/path/to/a}} {{/path/to/b}} {{/path/to/c}}`
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Remove the prefixing slash from each path


- Show owner and group name of each file:

`namei --owners {{/path/to/a}} {{/path/to/b}} {{/path/to/c}}`
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Remove the prefixing slash from each path


- Don't follow symlinks while resolving:

`namei --nosymlinks {{/path/to/a}} {{/path/to/b}} {{/path/to/c}}`
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Remove the prefixing slash from each path

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Nice catch. Done!