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>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/namei.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install util-linux
Ubuntu
apt-get install util-linux
Alpine
apk add util-linux
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S util-linux
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install util-linux
CentOS
yum install util-linux
Fedora
dnf install util-linux
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install util-linux
OS X
brew install util-linux
Raspbian
apt-get install util-linux
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/namei
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/namei namei powered by Commando

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

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