READLINK(1) BSD General Commands Manual READLINK(1)NAME
readlink -- display target of symbolic link on standard output
SYNOPSIS
readlink [-fn] file
DESCRIPTION
The readlink utility when invoked with the pathname of a symbolic link as its argument dereferences the symbolic link and prints the name of
target on standard output. If readlink is invoked with an argument other than the pathname of a symbolic link, it exits with a non-zero exit
code without printing anything.
The following options are available:
-f Using realpath(3), canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given path recursively. Note that the resultant
pathname might not exist,
-n Do not print a trailing newline character.
The readlink utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.
SEE ALSO readlink(2)realpath(3)HISTORY
The readlink utility first appeared in OpenBSD.
BSD August 18, 1997 BSD
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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
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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)