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2 .TH READLINK "1" "January 2016" "GNU coreutils 8.25" "User Commands"
4 readlink \- print resolved symbolic links or canonical file names
7 [\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... \fI\,FILE\/\fR...
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11 Print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name
13 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-canonicalize\fR
14 canonicalize by following every symlink in
15 every component of the given name recursively;
16 all but the last component must exist
18 \fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-canonicalize\-existing\fR
19 canonicalize by following every symlink in
20 every component of the given name recursively,
21 all components must exist
23 \fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-canonicalize\-missing\fR
24 canonicalize by following every symlink in
25 every component of the given name recursively,
26 without requirements on components existence
28 \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-no\-newline\fR
29 do not output the trailing delimiter
31 \fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR,
33 \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-silent\fR
34 suppress most error messages
36 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
39 \fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-zero\fR
40 end each output line with NUL, not newline
43 display this help and exit
46 output version information and exit
48 Written by Dmitry V. Levin.
50 GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
52 Report readlink translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
54 Copyright \(co 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
55 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
57 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
58 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
60 readlink(2), realpath(1), realpath(3)
63 Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/readlink>
65 or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) readlink invocation\(aq