NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | AUTHOR | REPORTING BUGS | COPYRIGHT | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

REALPATH(1)                     User Commands                    REALPATH(1)

NAME         top

       realpath - print the resolved path

SYNOPSIS         top

       realpath [OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION         top

       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=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
              end each output line with NUL, not newline
       --help display this help and exit
       --version
              output version information and exit

AUTHOR         top

       Written by Padraig Brady.

REPORTING BUGS         top

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

COPYRIGHT         top

       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         top

       readlink(1), readlink(2), realpath(3)
       Full documentation at:
       <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/realpath>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) realpath invocation'

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the coreutils (basic file, shell and text
       manipulation utilities) project.  Information about the project can
       be found at ⟨http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/⟩.  If you have a
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GNU coreutils 8.27               March 2017                      REALPATH(1)

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