REALPATH(1) User Commands REALPATH(1) 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 components of the path need exist -L, --logical resolve '..' components before symlinks -P, --physical resolve symlinks as encountered (default) -q, --quiet suppress most error messages --relative-to=FILE print the resolved path relative to FILE --relative-base=FILE print absolute paths unless paths below FILE -s, --strip, --no-symlinks don't expand symlinks -z, --zero separate output with NUL rather than newline --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report realpath translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/> AUTHOR Written by Padraig Brady. 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(1), readlink(2), realpath(3)