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-.TH NAMEI 1 "Local"
+.TH NAMEI 1 "June 2011" "util-linux" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
-namei - follow a pathname until a terminal point is found
+namei \- follow a pathname until a terminal point is found
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B namei
-.RI [ options ]
-.IR pathname ...
+[options]
+.IR pathname ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B namei
-uses its arguments as pathnames to any type
+interprets its arguments as pathnames to any type
of Unix file (symlinks, files, directories, and so forth).
.B namei
then follows each pathname until an endpoint
prints an informative message when
the maximum number of symbolic links this system can have has been exceeded.
.SH OPTIONS
-.IP "\fB\-l, \-\-long\fP"
-Use the long listing format (same as -m -o -v).
-.IP "\fB\-m, \-\-modes\fP"
+.TP
+.BR \-l , " \-\-long"
+Use the long listing format (same as \fB\-m \-o \-v\fR).
+.TP
+.BR \-m , " \-\-modes"
Show the mode bits of each file type in the style of ls(1),
for example 'rwxr-xr-x'.
-.IP "\fB\-o, \-\-owners\fP"
-Show owner and group name of each file.
-.IP "\fB\-n, \-\-nosymlinks\fP"
+.TP
+.BR \-n , " \-\-nosymlinks"
Don't follow symlinks.
-.IP "\fB\-v, \-\-vertical\fP"
+.TP
+.BR \-o , " \-\-owners"
+Show owner and group name of each file.
+.TP
+.BR \-v , " \-\-vertical"
Vertically align the modes and owners.
-.IP "\fB\-x, \-\-mountpoints\fP"
+.TP
+.BR \-x , " \-\-mountpoints"
Show mountpoint directories with a 'D' rather than a 'd'.
+.TP
+.BR \-V , " \-\-version"
+Display version information and exit.
+.TP
+.BR \-h , " \-\-help"
+Display help text and exit.
.SH AUTHOR
The original
.B namei
program was written by Roger Southwick <rogers@amadeus.wr.tek.com>.
-
-The program was re-written by Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>.
+.sp
+The program was rewritten by Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>.
.SH BUGS
To be discovered.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ls (1),
-.BR stat (1)
+.BR stat (1),
+.BR symlink (7)
.SH AVAILABILITY
The namei command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
-ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
+https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.