chase

Follow a symlink and print out its target file

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/chase.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install chase
Ubuntu
apt-get install chase
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install chase
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install chase
Raspbian
apt-get install chase

chase

Follow a symlink and print out its target file

Chase is a small utility for tracking down the actual file that a symbolic link points to - chasing the symlink, if you will. The result of a successful run is guaranteed to be an existing file which is not a symbolic link.