Linux namei Command

What is Linux namei Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use namei command in Linux. namei command is namei - follow a pathname until a terminal point is found.

namei Syntax#

namei [options] pathname...

namei Examples#

namei Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of namei command. namei command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for namei command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man namei

To open info page for namei command we can use command below.

info namei

To open help page from namei command we can run command below.

namei --help

Linux namei Command Source Code#

You can find namei command source code from the folowing repositories:

• namei source code on GitHub
• util-linux releases on kernel.org

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use namei in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.