## NAME

readlink - print resolved symbolic links or canonical file names

## SYNOPSIS

readlink [OPTION]... FILE...

## DESCRIPTION

Print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name

-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 delimiter

-q, --quiet,

-s, --silent suppress most error messages

-v, --verbose report error messages

-z, --zero end each output line with NUL, not newline

--help display this help and exit

--version output version information and exit

## AUTHOR

Written by Dmitry V. Levin.

## REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report readlink translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

## SEE ALSO

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

Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/readlink>
or available locally via: info (aq(coreutils) readlink invocation(aq