NAME¶

realpath - print the resolved path

SYNOPSIS¶

realpath [OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION¶

Print the resolved absolute file name; all but the last component must exist

-e, --canonicalize-existing

all components of the path must exist

-m, --canonicalize-missing

no components of the path need exist

-L, --logical

resolve '..' components before symlinks

-P, --physical

resolve symlinks as encountered (default)

-q, --quiet

suppress most error messages

--relative-to=FILE

print the resolved path relative to FILE

--relative-base=FILE

print absolute paths unless paths below FILE

-s, --strip, --no-symlinks

don't expand symlinks

-z, --zero

separate output with NUL rather than newline

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report realpath translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

AUTHOR¶

Written by Padraig Brady.

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(1), readlink(2), realpath(3)

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

info coreutils 'realpath invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.