GNU bug report logs - #18625
stat: add % operator to just give a link name

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From: =?utf-8?B?56mN5Li55bC8?= Dan Jacobson <jidanni@HIDDEN>
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Subject: add stat(1) % operator to just give a link name
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It seems there is no stat(1) % operator to get just a link name. The
best one can do is %N and dig it out of there from in front of the
arrow. Or one must use -L.

find(1) has

              %l     Object  of  symbolic  link (empty string if file is not a
                     symbolic link).