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NAME¶
readlink - print resolved symbolic links or canonical file namesSYNOPSIS¶
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
- end each output line with NUL, not newline
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
AUTHOR¶
Written by Dmitry V. Levin.REPORTING BUGS¶
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.SEE ALSO¶
readlink(2), realpath(1), realpath(3) Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/readlink>March 2015 | GNU coreutils 8.23 |