readlink
print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name
Synopsis
readlink
[OPTION]... FILE
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examples
source
readlink -f $(which "$1")
description
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
newline
-s, --silent
suppress most error
messages
-v,
--verbose
report error messages
--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and
exit
copyright
Copyright © 2012 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.
reporting bugs
Report readlink bugs to bug-coreutils[:at:]gnu[:dot:]org
GNU coreutils home page:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software:
<http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report readlink translation bugs to
<http://translationproject.org/team/>
see also
readlink
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.
author
Written by
Dmitry V. Levin.