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readlink

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 exis-
	      tence

       -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://translationpro-
       ject.org/team/>

AUTHOR

       Written by Dmitry V. Levin.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 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.

GNU coreutils 8.22						     June 2014							       READLINK(1)