Linux cli command readlink

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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 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 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 any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2023 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 <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/readlink>
or available locally via: info ‘(coreutils) readlink invocation’

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