READLINK(1) User Commands READLINK(1)

readlink - print resolved symbolic links or canonical file names

readlink [OPTION]... FILE...

Note realpath(1) is the preferred command to use for canonicalization functionality.

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

-q, --quiet

suppress most error messages (on by default)
report error messages
end each output line with NUL, not newline
display this help and exit
output version information and exit

Written by Dmitry V. Levin.

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

Full documentation https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/readlink
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) readlink invocation'

January 2024 GNU coreutils 9.4