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readlink - display value of a symbolic link
readlink [OPTION]... FILE
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
Written by Dmitry V. Levin.
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the
terms of the GNU General Public License
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the
extent permitted by law.
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 readlink
should give you access to the complete manual.
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