GNU bug report logs - #25261
ls -L: also allow seeing intermediate links

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 15:13:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: ls -L: also allow seeing intermediate links
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 20:10:21 +0800

$ man ls
       -L, --dereference
              when showing file information for a symbolic link, show informa-
              tion  for  the file the link references rather than for the link
              itself

Ah ah ah... so one can only see the first (no -L) or last (-L) of a
e.g., long chain of symbolic links. Perhaps add a --symbolic-link-depth
option to be able to see where an arbitrary depth of symbolic links
points to. Or add a -L1, -L6, -L14 ... option.
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