One solution would be to use Python:
```
python -c 'import os; print os.path.expanduser(os.path.realpath("/tmp"))'
```
That line will normalize the path, including expanding '~/' (but will not do
any other variable substitutions). It however does not ensure that that path
exists. If you want that, then:
```
python -c 'from __future__ import print_function; import os; bob =
os.path.expanduser(os.path.realpath("/tmp")); exit("path does not exist: %s" %
bob) if not os.path.exists(bob) else print(bob)'
```
By switching in `os.path.isfile` you can also make sure that the item at the
end of the chain is a file (`isdir` is also available).
> On Jun 5, 2017, at 12:50 AM, Jean-Christophe Helary
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The readlink command on OSX is not the same as the Linux command.
>
> Specifically, the linux version has a -f flag that does:
>
> -f, --canonicalize
> canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name
> recursively; all but the last component must exist
>
> I'm checking the OSX version and I'm not finding an equivalent. Is there a
> workaround for this ?
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