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

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

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.