READLINK(1) User Commands READLINK(1)
NAME
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 ex-
ist
-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
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report readlink translation bugs to <https://translationpro-
ject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2018 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 at: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/read-
link>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) readlink invocation'
GNU coreutils 8.30 August 2019 READLINK(1)