User Commands					      READLINK(1)



NAME
     readlink -	display	value of a symbolic link

SYNOPSIS
     readlink [OPTION]... FILE

DESCRIPTION
     Display value of a	symbolic link on standard output.

     -f, --canonicalize
	  canonicalize by following every symlink in  every  com-
	  ponent  of the given name recursively; all but the last
	  component must exist

     -e, --canonicalize-existing
	  canonicalize by following every symlink in  every  com-
	  ponent  of  the  given name recursively, all components
	  must exist

     -m, --canonicalize-missing
	  canonicalize by following every symlink in  every  com-
	  ponent  of the given name recursively, without require-
	  ments	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

AUTHOR
     Written by	Dmitry V. Levin.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report readlink bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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User Commands					      READLINK(1)



COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2009 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	redistri-
     bute  it.	 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
     law.

SEE ALSO
     readlink(2)

     The full documentation for	readlink is maintained as a  Tex-
     info 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.





































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