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realpath - realpath

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  Arguments:  OPTIONS 

NAME

realpath − realpath

SYNOPSIS

realpath [OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION

Print the resolved path

Arguments:

<files>...

OPTIONS

−q, −−quiet

Do not print warnings for invalid paths

−s, −−strip

Only strip ’.’ and ’..’ components, but don’t resolve symbolic links [aliases: −−no−symlinks]

−z, −−zero

Separate output filenames with \0 rather than newline

−L, −−logical

resolve ’..’ components before symlinks

−P, −−physical

resolve symlinks as encountered (default)

−E, −−canonicalize

all but the last component must exist (default)

−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

−−relative−to <DIR>

print the resolved path relative to DIR

−−relative−base <DIR>

print absolute paths unless paths below DIR

−h, −−help

Print help

−V, −−version

Print version


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se