READLINK
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: September 2019
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NAME
readlink - print resolved symbolic links or canonical file names
SYNOPSIS
readlink
[,OPTION/]... ,FILE/...
DESCRIPTION
Note realpath(1) is the preferred command to use
for canonicalization functionality.
Print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name
- -f, --canonicalize
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canonicalize by following every symlink in
every component of the given name recursively;
all but the last component must exist
- -e, --canonicalize-existing
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canonicalize by following every symlink in
every component of the given name recursively,
all components must exist
- -m, --canonicalize-missing
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canonicalize by following every symlink in
every component of the given name recursively,
without requirements on components existence
- -n, --no-newline
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do not output the trailing delimiter
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-q, --quiet
- -s, --silent
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- suppress most error messages (on by default)
- -v, --verbose
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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
AUTHOR
Written by Dmitry V. Levin.
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report readlink translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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
realpath(3)
Full documentation at: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/readlink>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) readlink invocation'
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- SYNOPSIS
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- REPORTING BUGS
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