READLINK

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: September 2017
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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.  

REPORTING BUGS

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

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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.  

SEE ALSO

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

Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/readlink>
or available locally via: info aq(coreutils) readlink invocationaq

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