readlink(1) General Commands Manual readlink(1)

readlink - Print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name.

readlink [-f|--canonicalize] [-e|--canonicalize-existing] [-m|--canonicalize-missing] [-n|--no-newline] [-q|--quiet] [-s|--silent] [-v|--verbose] [-z|--zero] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [files]

Print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name.

canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively; all but the last component must exist
canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively, all components must exist
canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively, without requirements on components existence
do not output the trailing delimiter
suppress most error messages
suppress most error messages
report error message
separate output with NUL rather than newline
Print help
Print version
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v0.0.26

readlink 0.0.26