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NAME

readlink - display value of a symbolic link

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SYNOPSIS

readlink [OPTION]... FILE

DESCRIPTION

Display value of a symbolic link on standard output.

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-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 newline
-q, --quiet,
-s, --silent
suppress most error messages
-v, --verbose
report error messages
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by Dmitry V. Levin.

"REPORTING BUGS"

Report bugs to <
bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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