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2 .TH READLINK "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
4 readlink \- display value of a symbolic link
7 [\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIFILE\fR
9 .\" Add any additional description here
11 Display value of a symbolic link on standard output.
13 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-canonicalize\fR
14 canonicalize by following every symlink in
15 every component of the given name recursively;
16 all but the last component must exist
18 \fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-canonicalize\-existing\fR
19 canonicalize by following every symlink in
20 every component of the given name recursively,
21 all components must exist
23 \fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-canonicalize\-missing\fR
24 canonicalize by following every symlink in
25 every component of the given name recursively,
26 without requirements on components existence
28 \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-no\-newline\fR
29 do not output the trailing newline
31 \fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR,
33 \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-silent\fR
34 suppress most error messages
36 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
40 display this help and exit
43 output version information and exit
45 Written by Dmitry V. Levin.
47 Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
49 Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
51 This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
52 the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
53 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
57 The full documentation for
59 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
63 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
67 should give you access to the complete manual.