READLINK

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: March 2021
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NAME

readlink - print resolved symbolic links or canonical file names

SYNOPSIS

readlink [,OPTION/]... ,FILE/...

DESCRIPTION

Note realpath(1) is the preferred command to use 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.

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COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.