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The case for symlinked directories being duplicated a lot isn't there, but there *is* a usecase for adding the symlink rather than the target, and that's homebrew. E.g. homebrew installs ruby into /usr/local/Cellar/ruby/2.7.1_2/bin, and links to it from /usr/local/opt/ruby/bin. If we add the target, we would miss updates. Having path entries that point to the same location isn't a big problem - it's a path lookup, so it takes a teensy bit longer. The canonicalization is mainly so paths don't end up duplicated via weird spelling and so relative paths can be used.
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.. _cmd-realpath:
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realpath - convert a path to an absolute path without symlinks
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Synopsis
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realpath PATH
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Description
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``realpath`` resolves a path to its absolute path.
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fish provides a ``realpath`` builtin as a fallback for systems where there is no ``realpath`` command, your OS might provide a version with more features.
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If a ``realpath`` command exists, it will be preferred, so if you want to use the builtin you should use ``builtin realpath`` explicitly.
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The following options are available:
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- ``-s`` or ``--no-symlinks``: Don't resolve symlinks, only make paths absolute, squash multiple slashes and remove trailing slashes.
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