my_hist.txt

>>> %ls
>>> %cd metasearch/
>>> %ls
>>> readme_symlink_the_wrong_way = Path('a_symlink')
>>> from pathlib import Path
>>> readme_symlink_the_wrong_way = Path('a_symlink')
>>> readme_symlink_the_wrong_way.symlink_to('README.md')
>>> %ls
>>> readme_symlink_the_wrong_way.resolve()
PosixPath('/home/rodgersleejg/reproducibility_course/metasearch/README.md')
>>> %cd ..
>>> readme_symlink_the_wrong_way.resolve()
>>> %cd metasearch/
>>> readme_symlink_the_right_way = Path('a_symlink').absolute()
>>> readme_symlink_the_right_way.symlink_to('README.md')
>>> %rm a_symlink
>>> readme_symlink_the_right_way.symlink_to('README.md')
>>> readme_symlink_the_right_way.resolve()
PosixPath('/home/rodgersleejg/reproducibility_course/metasearch/README.md')
>>> %cd ..
>>> readme_symlink_the_right_way.resolve()
PosixPath('/home/rodgersleejg/reproducibility_course/metasearch/README.md')
>>> %cat readme_symlink_the_right_way.resolve()
>>> %cat {readme_symlink_the_right_way.resolve()}
>>> %hist -p -o 2-25 -f my_hist.txt