NAME


readlink - display value of a symbolic link

SYNOPSIS


readlink [OPTION]... FILE

DESCRIPTION


Display value of a symbolic link on standard output.
-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 newline
-q, --quiet,
-s, --silent
 suppress most error messages
-v, --verbose
 report error messages
--help display this help and exit
--version
 output version information and exit

AUTHOR


Written by Dmitry V. Levin.

REPORTING BUGS


Report readlink bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT


Copyright © 2009 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)

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.

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