[root@localhost tmp]# ls -l total 60520 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Sep 9 22:54 abc -> /etc/passwd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Sep 9 23:02 cde -> /tmp/abc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Sep 9 23:03 efg -> /tmp/cde -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 206 Sep 9 23:31 find_symfile.sh drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Aug 18 2015 keyring-cmzNiY srwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Aug 6 14:54 mapping-root -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2323 Sep 7 01:13 mysql-columns_priv-2016-09-07.sql -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3379 Sep 7 01:13 mysql-db-2016-09-07.sql -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1972 Sep 7 01:13 mysql-func-2016-09-07.sql -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3158 Sep 7 01:13 mysql-help_category-2016-09-07.sql -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8443 Sep 7 01:13 mysql-help_keyword-2016-09-07.sql -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9987 Sep 7 01:13 mysql-help_relation-2016-09-07.sql -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 405468 Sep 7 01:13 mysql-help_topic-2016-09-07.sql -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3140 Sep 7 01:13 mysql-host-2016-09-07.sql -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3189 Sep 7 01:13 mysql-proc-2016-09-07.sql -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2409 Sep 7 01:13 mysql-procs_priv-2016-09-07.sql -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2501 Sep 7 01:13 mysql-tables_priv-2016-09-07.sql -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1883 Sep 7 01:13 mysql-time_zone-2016-09-07.sql -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1957 Sep 7 01:13 mysql-time_zone_leap_second-2016-09-07.sql -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1871 Sep 7 01:13 mysql-time_zone_name-2016-09-07.sql -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2008 Sep 7 01:13 mysql-time_zone_transition-2016-09-07.sql -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2150 Sep 7 01:13 mysql-time_zone_transition_type-2016-09-07.sql -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5105 Sep 7 01:13 mysql-user-2016-09-07.sql -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 358 Sep 7 01:13 table.log drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Aug 20 16:06 VMwareDnD drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 9 22:08 vmware-root drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Sep 6 21:06 vmware-root-1723735141 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 61260572 Aug 18 2015 VMwareTools-9.6.2-1688356.tar.gz drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 22 2014 vmware-tools-distrib [root@localhost tmp]# bash find_symfile.sh efg /etc/passwd [root@localhost tmp]# bash find_symfile.sh cde /etc/passwd [root@localhost tmp]# bash find_symfile.sh abc /etc/passwd [root@localhost tmp]# cat find_symfile.sh #!/bin/bash [[ $1 =~ ^/ ]] && a=$1 || a=`pwd`/$1 while [ -h $a ] do b=`ls -ld $a|awk '{print $NF}'` c=`ls -ld $a|awk '{print $(NF-2)}'` [[ $b =~ ^/ ]] && a=$b || a=`dirname $c`/$b done echo $a [root@localhost tmp]#