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Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 04:40:02 +0200
From: meino.cramer@gmx.de
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Subject: Dereferencing a symlink...or that alike...
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Hi,

suppose I have the following symlink in my $HOME

    etcetera -> /etc

. Is there a way to get back "/etc" only (not the contents
of /etc/. nor "etcetera") when doing a 'ls' or such?

Thank you very much in advance for any help!
Best regards,
mcc