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READLINK(1)                                         User Commands                                         READLINK(1)



NAME
       readlink - print resolved symbolic links or canonical file names

SYNOPSIS
       readlink [OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION
       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  compo‐
              nents 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

       -v, --verbose
              report error messages

       -z, --zero
              separate output with NUL rather than newline

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

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AUTHOR
       Written by Dmitry V. Levin.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright   ©   2013   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  per‐
       mitted by law.

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

       The  full documentation for readlink is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and readlink programs are