Extracting the linked to file name

[Anthony Wesley]

Rasjid Wilcox wrote:
> 
> I have almost finished my Vet Autodownloader script.
> 
> I have one more thing to resolve.  I need to extract the name of the file that a
> symbolic link points to.  Can anyone suggest a better way than
> 
> filename=`ll symlink.name | sed s/"->"/\|/ | cut -f 2 -d\|`
> 
> as this relies on choosing a character (| in this instance) which you believe
> (and hope) is not in the symlink name.
> 
> Rasjid.


filename=`perl -e 'print readlink("symlink.name")'`

:-)


cheers, Anthony