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://translationproject.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 2016                                        READLINK(1)