#!/usr/bin/python
# Python 2 or 3 compatible

# If arguments are symlinks then replace with their eventual target.
# If a cycle is detected then the beginning of the cycle is returned.
#
# Whether the target actually exists is not checked. Also arguments that aren't
# even valid files are left alone.

# Iain Murray, June 2009, June 2012.

import os, sys


def follow(file):
    try:
        next = os.readlink(file)
        if not os.path.isabs(next):
            next = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(file), next)
        return next
    except:
        return file


for file in sys.argv[1:]:
    mem = set([file])
    while True:
        file = follow(file)
        if file in mem:
            break
        else:
            mem.add(file)
    print(file)