Linux cli command realpath

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NAME 🖥️ realpath 🖥️

print the resolved path

SYNOPSIS

realpath [OPTION]… FILE…

DESCRIPTION

Print the resolved absolute file name; all but the last component must exist

-e, –canonicalize-existing
all components of the path must exist

-m, –canonicalize-missing
no path components need exist or be a directory

-L, –logical
resolve ‘..’ components before symlinks

-P, –physical
resolve symlinks as encountered (default)

-q, –quiet
suppress most error messages

–relative-to=DIR
print the resolved path relative to DIR

–relative-base=DIR
print absolute paths unless paths below DIR

-s, –strip, –no-symlinks
don’t expand symlinks

-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 Padraig Brady.

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(1), readlink(2), realpath(3)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/realpath>
or available locally via: info ‘(coreutils) realpath invocation’

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