realpath (1) Linux Manual Page
NAME
realpath – print the resolved path
SYNOPSIS
realpath [,OPTION/]… ,FILE/…
DESCRIPTION
Print the resolved absolute file name; all but the last component must exist
-e,–canonicalize-existing- all components of the path must exist
-m,–canonicalize-missing- no path components need exist or be a directory
-L,–logical- resolve ‘..’ components before symlinks
-P,–physical- resolve symlinks as encountered (default)
-q,–quiet- suppress most error messages
–relative-to=,DIR/- print the resolved path relative to DIR
–relative-base=,DIR/- print absolute paths unless paths below DIR
-s,–strip,–no-symlinks- don’t expand symlinks
-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 Padraig Brady.
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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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(1), readlink(2), realpath(3)
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/realpath>
or available locally via: info ‘(coreutils) realpath invocation’