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readlink

READLINK(1)							   User Commands						       READLINK(1)

NAME

       readlink - display value of a symbolic link

SYNOPSIS

       readlink [OPTION]... FILE

DESCRIPTION

       Display value of a symbolic link on standard output.

       -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 exis-
	      tence

       -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

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/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2009 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.

GNU coreutils 7.1						     July 2010							       READLINK(1)

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