READLINK(1) | User Commands | READLINK(1) |
NAME¶
readlink - print resolved symbolic links or canonical file names
SYNOPSIS¶
readlink [OPTION]... FILE...
DESCRIPTION¶
Print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name
- -f, --canonicalize
- canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively; all but the last component must exist
- -e, --canonicalize-existing
- canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively, all components must exist
- -m, --canonicalize-missing
- canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively, without requirements on components existence
- -n, --no-newline
- do not output the trailing delimiter
-q, --quiet,
- -s, --silent
- suppress most error messages
- -v, --verbose
- report error messages
- -z, --zero
- separate output with NUL rather than newline
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
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AUTHOR¶
Written by Dmitry V. Levin.
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO
WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO¶
readlink(2), realpath(1), realpath(3)
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 coreutils 'readlink invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
November 2020 | GNU coreutils 8.22 |