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READLINK

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
SEE ALSO

NAME

readlink - print resolved symbolic links or canonical file names

SYNOPSIS

readlink [ OPTION ]... FILE ...

DESCRIPTION

realpath (1) is a better command for canonicalization functionality.

Print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name
-f
, --canonicalize

canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively; all but the last component must exist

-e , --canonicalize-existing

canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively, all components must exist

-m , --canonicalize-missing

canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively, without requirements on components existence

-n , --no-newline

do not output the trailing delimiter

-q , --quiet

-s , --silent

suppress most error messages (on by default)

-v , --verbose

report error messages

-z , --zero

end each output line with NUL, not newline

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by Dmitry V. Levin.

REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

SEE ALSO

readlink (2), realpath (1), realpath (3)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/readlink>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) readlink invocation'

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