Section 1 · User commands

readlink.1

Package: coreutils-common

READLINK

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO

NAME

readlink − print resolved symbolic links or canonical file names

SYNOPSIS

readlink [OPTION]… FILE…

DESCRIPTION

realpath(1) is a better command 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 © 2024 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.