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2 .TH READLINK "1" "March 2012" "GNU coreutils 8.16" "User Commands"
4 readlink \- print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name
7 [\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIFILE\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 newline
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
40 display this help and exit
43 output version information and exit
45 Written by Dmitry V. Levin.
47 Report readlink bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
49 GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
51 General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
53 Report readlink translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
55 Copyright \(co 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
56 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
58 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
59 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
63 The full documentation for
65 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
69 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
71 .B info coreutils \(aqreadlink invocation\(aq
73 should give you access to the complete manual.