ShonFrazier/realpath

Created November 18, 2016 20:07

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Get the real absolute path behind a symlink

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	#!/bin/bash

	realpath() {
	path=`readlink $0`
	[[ $1 = /* ]] && echo "$1" \|\| echo "$PWD/${1#./}"
	}

	realpath "$0"

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