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readlink - readlink

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  Arguments:  OPTIONS 

NAME

readlink − readlink

SYNOPSIS

readlink [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

Print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name.

Arguments:

[files]...

OPTIONS

−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

suppress most error messages

−s, −−silent

suppress most error messages

−v, −−verbose

report error message

−z, −−zero

separate output with NUL rather than newline

−h, −−help

Print help

−V, −−version

Print version


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