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  1. #TIL about the `namei` tool which is sort of like #traceroute but for filesystem traversal.

    This is especially useful on #nixos where you're frequently dealing with stuff that is multiple levels of symlinks deep.

    It's probably already on your system because it's part of #utillinux; go try it out:

    namei `which ls`

    #namei #symlink #linux

  2. #TIL about the `namei` tool which is sort of like #traceroute but for filesystem traversal.

    This is especially useful on #nixos where you're frequently dealing with stuff that is multiple levels of symlinks deep.

    It's probably already on your system because it's part of #utillinux; go try it out:

    namei `which ls`

    #namei #symlink #linux

  3. #TIL about the `namei` tool which is sort of like #traceroute but for filesystem traversal.

    This is especially useful on #nixos where you're frequently dealing with stuff that is multiple levels of symlinks deep.

    It's probably already on your system because it's part of #utillinux; go try it out:

    namei `which ls`

    #namei #symlink #linux

  4. #TIL about the `namei` tool which is sort of like #traceroute but for filesystem traversal.

    This is especially useful on #nixos where you're frequently dealing with stuff that is multiple levels of symlinks deep.

    It's probably already on your system because it's part of #utillinux; go try it out:

    namei `which ls`

    #namei #symlink #linux

  5. #TIL about the `namei` tool which is sort of like #traceroute but for filesystem traversal.

    This is especially useful on #nixos where you're frequently dealing with stuff that is multiple levels of symlinks deep.

    It's probably already on your system because it's part of #utillinux; go try it out:

    namei `which ls`

    #namei #symlink #linux