REALPATH

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

realpath - print the resolved path  

SYNOPSIS

realpath [,OPTION/]... ,FILE/...  

DESCRIPTION

Print the resolved absolute file name; all but the last component must exist

-e, --canonicalize-existing

all components of the path must exist

-m, --canonicalize-missing

no path components need exist or be a directory

-L, --logical

resolve '..' components before symlinks

-P, --physical

resolve symlinks as encountered (default)

-q, --quiet

suppress most error messages

--relative-to=,DIR/

print the resolved path relative to DIR

--relative-base=,DIR/

print absolute paths unless paths below DIR

-s, --strip, --no-symlinks

don't expand symlinks

-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 Padraig Brady.  

REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report realpath 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(1), readlink(2), realpath(3)

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

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