1READLINK(1)                      User Commands                     READLINK(1)
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NAME

6       readlink - print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name
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SYNOPSIS

9       readlink [OPTION]... FILE
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DESCRIPTION

12       Print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name
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14       -f, --canonicalize
15              canonicalize  by  following  every symlink in every component of
16              the given name recursively; all  but  the  last  component  must
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19       -e, --canonicalize-existing
20              canonicalize  by  following  every symlink in every component of
21              the given name recursively, all components must exist
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23       -m, --canonicalize-missing
24              canonicalize by following every symlink in  every  component  of
25              the  given  name recursively, without requirements on components
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28       -n, --no-newline
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31       -q, --quiet,
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39       --help display this help and exit
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AUTHOR

45       Written by Dmitry V. Levin.
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REPORTING BUGS

48       Report readlink bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
49       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
50       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
51       Report   readlink   translation   bugs    to    <http://translationpro‐
52       ject.org/team/>
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55       Copyright  ©  2010  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
56       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
57       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
58       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

61       readlink(2)
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63       The  full documentation for readlink is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
64       If the info and readlink programs are properly installed at your  site,
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73GNU coreutils 8.5                November 2010                     READLINK(1)
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