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READLINK(1) User Commands READLINK(1)
readlink - print resolved symbolic links or canonical file names
readlink [OPTION]... FILE...
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
Written by Dmitry V. Levin.
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Copyright © 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
readlink(2), realpath(1), realpath(3)
Full documentation at:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/readlink>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) readlink invocation'
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