readlink (1) Linux Manual Page

readlink – print resolved symbolic links or canonical file names

Synopsis

readlink [,OPTION/]… ,FILE/…

Description

Note realpath(1) is the preferred command to use for canonicalization functionality.

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 (on by default)

-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

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Copyright

Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/readlink>
or available locally via: info ‘(coreutils) readlink invocation’