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readlink - display value of a symbolic link
readlink [OPTION]...
FILE
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
Written by Dmitry V. Levin.
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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.
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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