I am utilizing MacOS 12.7.6. The command
ls -li /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/g++ /usr/bin/clang /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/git
provides
1152921500312781356 -rwxr-xr-x 76 root wheel 167120 Jul 17 2024 /usr/bin/clang
1152921500312781356 -rwxr-xr-x 76 root wheel 167120 Jul 17 2024 /usr/bin/g++
1152921500312781356 -rwxr-xr-x 76 root wheel 167120 Jul 17 2024 /usr/bin/gcc
1152921500312781356 -rwxr-xr-x 76 root wheel 167120 Jul 17 2024 /usr/bin/git
1152921500312781356 -rwxr-xr-x 76 root wheel 167120 Jul 17 2024 /usr/bin/python3
which reveals /usr/bin/gcc, /usr/bin/g++, /usr/bin/clang, /usr/bin/python3, /usr/bin/git have the identical inode quantity. There are 76 recordsdata sharing the identical inode quantity 1152921500312781356, and listed here are the listing:
/usr/bin/indent
/usr/bin/xml2man
/usr/bin/gcov
/usr/bin/g++
/usr/bin/libtool
/usr/bin/Rez
/usr/bin/ctags
/usr/bin/c++
/usr/bin/strings
/usr/bin/gm4
/usr/bin/clang
/usr/bin/git-receive-pack
/usr/bin/objdump
/usr/bin/c99
/usr/bin/c++filt
/usr/bin/strip
/usr/bin/python3
/usr/bin/clangd
/usr/bin/lex
/usr/bin/ctf_insert
/usr/bin/sourcekit-lsp
/usr/bin/pip3
/usr/bin/ld
/usr/bin/lldb
/usr/bin/pagestuff
/usr/bin/headerdoc2html
/usr/bin/hdxml2manxml
/usr/bin/resolveLinks
/usr/bin/git-upload-archive
/usr/bin/gcc
/usr/bin/segedit
/usr/bin/dwarfdump
/usr/bin/gperf
/usr/bin/vtool
/usr/bin/dsymutil
/usr/bin/SplitForks
/usr/bin/rpcgen
/usr/bin/otool
/usr/bin/DeRez
/usr/bin/codesign_allocate
/usr/bin/cpp
/usr/bin/swift
/usr/bin/make
/usr/bin/nm
/usr/bin/flex++
/usr/bin/llvm-gcc
/usr/bin/ar
/usr/bin/unifdef
/usr/bin/lipo
/usr/bin/clang++
/usr/bin/m4
/usr/bin/asa
/usr/bin/swiftc
/usr/bin/as
/usr/bin/gnumake
/usr/bin/ResMerger
/usr/bin/git-shell
/usr/bin/cc
/usr/bin/unifdefall
/usr/bin/dimension
/usr/bin/llvm-g++
/usr/bin/yacc
/usr/bin/c89
/usr/bin/git-upload-pack
/usr/bin/lorder
/usr/bin/ranlib
/usr/bin/flex
/usr/bin/SetFile
/usr/bin/nmedit
/usr/bin/bison
/usr/bin/mig
/usr/bin/GetFileInfo
/usr/bin/git
/usr/bin/install_name_tool
/usr/bin/cmpdylib
/usr/bin/gatherheaderdoc
I feel they arrive from xcode command line instruments. However why do all of them have the identical inode quantity? Does that imply they’re really the identical file?