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readlink - display value of a symbolic link

Synopsis

readlink [OPTION]... FILE

Description

Display value of a symbolic link on standard output.

-f, --canonicalize
canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given path recursively; all but the last path component must exist
-e, --canonicalize-existing
canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given path recursively, all path components must exist
-m, --canonicalize-missing
canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given path recursively, without requirements on components existence
-n, --no-newline
do not output the trailing newline
-q, --quiet,
-s, --silent
suppress most error messages
-v, --verbose
report error messages
--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit

Author

Written by Dmitry V. Levin.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

Copyright

Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

See Also

The full documentation for readlink is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and readlink programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info readlink

should give you access to the complete manual.


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