kpsereadlink - print contents of symbolic link
kpsereadlink file
If file is a symbolic link, print its contents (what it links to), and exit successfully. Exit with a failure otherwise.
On systems that do not support symbolic links, kpsereadlink will always fail.
kpsereadlink accepts the following options:
--help Print help message and exit.
--version Print version information and exit.
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