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# readlink
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# readlink
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Replicate `readlink -f` as bash script using mainly dependencies available on most bash 3 platforms.
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Replicate `readlink -f` as bash script using mainly dependencies available on most platforms:
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* `readlink` (without options)
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* `cd`
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* `pwd -P`
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* `test -e` (as `[ -e <file> ]`)
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# Known issues
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* When `readlink` is part of a pipe some links contain the current pipe described like `pipe:[123456]` where the number changes on every call.
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`readlink` resolves these as valid links.
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e.g.
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```
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$ readlink -f /dev/stdout
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/dev/pts/0
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$ readlink -f /dev/stdout | cat
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/proc/737861/fd/pipe:[2332393]
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$ ./rdlink.sh /dev/stdout
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```
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Whereas `rdlink` is not able to evaluate such links, because the pipe is already invalid as soon as a expression like `result="$(readlink "${tocheck}")"` returns.
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