Finding the original file of a symbolic link

Try this :

readlink -f /path/file

( last target of your symlink if there's more than one level )

If you just want the next level of symbolic link, use :

readlink /path/file

Edit 2020:

now, GNU coreutils own realpath :

realpath /path/file

similar to readlink -f by default

1.

ls -l bin

produce

lrwxrwxrwx 1 az az 14 Ноя 12 22:13 bin -> ../Gdrive/bin/

2.

file bin

produce

bin: symbolic link to `../Gdrive/bin/' 

3.

stat bin

produce

File: «bin» -> «../Gdrive/bin/»