Linux manual pages Section 1: General Commands  

Name

readlink — print resolved symbolic links or canonical file names

Synopsis

readlink [OPTION...] FILE...

DESCRIPTION

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

−v, −−verbose

report error messages

−z, −−zero

separate output with NUL rather than newline

−−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

GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>

General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

Report readlink translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

SEE ALSO

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

The full documentation for readlink is maintained as a Texinfo 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.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2013 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 redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.