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READLINK(1)			 User Commands			   READLINK(1)

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
	      separate output with NUL rather than newline

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Dmitry V. Levin.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report readlink bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report	readlink   translation	 bugs	 to    <http://translationpro‐
       ject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2013  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)

       The  full documentation for readlink is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
       If the info and readlink programs are properly installed at your	 site,
       the command

	      info coreutils 'readlink invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU coreutils 8.21		  March 2014			   READLINK(1)
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