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Dereference the following symlink bar into its equivalent absolute path: ln -s ../b/../../a/../foo /tmp/a/b/bar
$ readlink -e /tmp/a/b/bar
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This command will dereference the symlink '/tmp/a/b/bar' into its equivalent absolute path

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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  • Dereference the following symlink bar into its equivalent absolute path: ln -s ../b/../../a/../foo /tmp/a/b/bar?
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