in reply to verifying symbolic links

From the shell:
find . -follow -type l
Sprinkle in -maxdepth to taste.
   MeowChow                                   
               s aamecha.s a..a\u$&owag.print

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Re: (MeowChow) Re: verifying symbolic links
by eLore (Hermit) on Jul 25, 2001 at 16:40 UTC
    Thanks for the fresh viewpoint. While I think I see what you're thinking, you should be aware that most systems (ok, HP and Solaris) recommend not using -follow with -type l.

    (from the man page) This expression should not be used with the -type l expression.