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2 .TH READLINK "1" "March 2020" "GNU coreutils 8.32" "User Commands"
4 readlink \- print resolved symbolic links or canonical file names
7 [\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... \fI\,FILE\/\fR...
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10 Note realpath(1) is the preferred command to use
11 for canonicalization functionality.
13 Print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name
15 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-canonicalize\fR
16 canonicalize by following every symlink in
17 every component of the given name recursively;
18 all but the last component must exist
20 \fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-canonicalize\-existing\fR
21 canonicalize by following every symlink in
22 every component of the given name recursively,
23 all components must exist
25 \fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-canonicalize\-missing\fR
26 canonicalize by following every symlink in
27 every component of the given name recursively,
28 without requirements on components existence
30 \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-no\-newline\fR
31 do not output the trailing delimiter
33 \fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
35 \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-silent\fR
36 suppress most error messages (on by default)
38 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
41 \fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-zero\fR
42 end each output line with NUL, not newline
45 display this help and exit
48 output version information and exit
50 Written by Dmitry V. Levin.
52 GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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56 Copyright \(co 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
57 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
59 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
60 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
62 readlink(2), realpath(1), realpath(3)
65 Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/readlink>
67 or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) readlink invocation\(aq