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tyingq
on Nov 26, 2023
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Unix shells and the current directory
Where it exists, there's also /proc/self/cwd, so you can do: readlink -e /proc/self/cwd
rezonant
on Nov 26, 2023
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While readlink is the correct way to just read the link, I often just use `file ...` since it will also show the symbolic link destination (on GNU at least).
didntcheck
on Nov 26, 2023
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ls -l also works. I often do
ls -l /proc/`pidof foo`/fd
to see what files a taciturn process is working on
bobbyi
on Nov 27, 2023
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lsof is also good for seeing what files a process is using
https://www.thegeekstuff.com/2012/08/lsof-command-examples/
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