namei
The command takes as input a path or a file/directory gives, as output, information about the file and also about the other directories in the path. If the input is a symbolic link, it will follow the link to the original file showing the path that needs to be taken to reach the original file.
For eg if we have a folder "temp" with the files one,two and three then command namei on a file can be run as follows
$ namei /home/user/Desktop/temp/one
f: /home/user/Desktop/temp/one
d /
d home
d user
d Desktop
d temp
- one
In the output above the "d" in the first column informs us that the item in second column is a directory and the "-" informs that the item in second column is simple text file, thus giving us information about all the directories that lead up to the file we are interested in.
The -o option that will give information about the owners of the all the folders along the path as shown below.
$ namei -o /home/user/Desktop/temp/one
f: /home/user/Desktop/temp/one
d root root /
d root root home
d user adm nitin
d user adm Desktop
d user root temp
- user root one
If the file passed as the argument is a symbolic link then command will follow till the real file.
For Eg Assume that the file "two" in our example is a link to another file "four" in the Desktop.
$ namei /home/user/Desktop/temp/two
f: /home/user/Desktop/temp/two
d root root /
d root root home
d user adm nitin
d user adm Desktop
d user root temp
l user root two -> ../four
d user root ..
- root root four
The letter "l" in the first column indicates the the file is a symbolic link, and then the entries after that is the relative path from the link to the original file.
The option -l gives output similar to "ls -l" and the option "-m" gives the permission of each file or folder.
The command takes as input a path or a file/directory gives, as output, information about the file and also about the other directories in the path. If the input is a symbolic link, it will follow the link to the original file showing the path that needs to be taken to reach the original file.
For eg if we have a folder "temp" with the files one,two and three then command namei on a file can be run as follows
$ namei /home/user/Desktop/temp/one
f: /home/user/Desktop/temp/one
d /
d home
d user
d Desktop
d temp
- one
In the output above the "d" in the first column informs us that the item in second column is a directory and the "-" informs that the item in second column is simple text file, thus giving us information about all the directories that lead up to the file we are interested in.
The -o option that will give information about the owners of the all the folders along the path as shown below.
$ namei -o /home/user/Desktop/temp/one
f: /home/user/Desktop/temp/one
d root root /
d root root home
d user adm nitin
d user adm Desktop
d user root temp
- user root one
If the file passed as the argument is a symbolic link then command will follow till the real file.
For Eg Assume that the file "two" in our example is a link to another file "four" in the Desktop.
$ namei /home/user/Desktop/temp/two
f: /home/user/Desktop/temp/two
d root root /
d root root home
d user adm nitin
d user adm Desktop
d user root temp
l user root two -> ../four
d user root ..
- root root four
The letter "l" in the first column indicates the the file is a symbolic link, and then the entries after that is the relative path from the link to the original file.
The option -l gives output similar to "ls -l" and the option "-m" gives the permission of each file or folder.
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