`ipfs ls` doesn't behave as expected on symlinks and regular files
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Description
I have two type ipfs path `QmRi5n1jzAtqGWQKJbeV4Sv3kGPt3XDfzhWojxiCVpKVdv`(is a symlink) and `QmYuz8WeF7LbwmQB1enoMsEPgFoB2EYaxrEyxGXwceGsmZ` (just a regular file).
```
$ ipfs ls QmRi5n1jzAtqGWQKJbeV4Sv3kGPt3XDfzhWojxiCVpKVdv
$ ipfs ls QmYuz8WeF7LbwmQB1enoMsEPgFoB2EYaxrEyxGXwceGsmZ
```
both of them will print nothing.
But
```
$ ipfs file ls QmRi5n1jzAtqGWQKJbeV4Sv3kGPt3XDfzhWojxiCVpKVdv
Error: cannot list symlinks yet
$ ipfs file ls QmYuz8WeF7LbwmQB1enoMsEPgFoB2EYaxrEyxGXwceGsmZ
QmYuz8WeF7LbwmQB1enoMsEPgFoB2EYaxrEyxGXwceGsmZ
```
The first command will print a error and second one print itself.
I think `ipfs file ls ` is more reasonable than `ipfs ls ` at this point.
WDYT?
@schomatis @Stebalien @magik6k
https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues/5497
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