User Commands                                         READLINK(1)



NAME
     readlink - print value of a symbolic link or canonical  file
     name

SYNOPSIS
     readlink [OPTION]... FILE

DESCRIPTION
     Print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name

     -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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COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2010 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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