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READLINK(1) User Commands READLINK(1)

NAME

readlink - print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name

SYNOPSIS

readlink [OPTION]... FILE

DESCRIPTION

Print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name

canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively; all but the last component must exist
canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively, all components must exist
canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively, without requirements on components existence
do not output the trailing newline

-q, --quiet,

suppress most error messages
report error messages
display this help and exit
output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by Dmitry V. Levin.

REPORTING BUGS

Report readlink bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report readlink translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2010 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)

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.

June 2018 GNU coreutils 8.4