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

6       readlink - print resolved symbolic links or canonical file names
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SYNOPSIS

9       readlink [OPTION]... FILE...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Note  realpath(1)  is the preferred command to use for canonicalization
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15       Print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name
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17       -f, --canonicalize
18              canonicalize by following every symlink in  every  component  of
19              the  given name recursively; all but the last component must ex‐
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22       -e, --canonicalize-existing
23              canonicalize by following every symlink in  every  component  of
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27              canonicalize  by  following  every symlink in every component of
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31       -n, --no-newline
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36       -s, --silent
37              suppress most error messages (on by default)
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45       --help display this help and exit
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47       --version
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AUTHOR

51       Written by Dmitry V. Levin.
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REPORTING BUGS

54       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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58       Copyright  ©  2021  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
59       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
60       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
61       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

64       readlink(2), realpath(1), realpath(3)
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66       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/readlink>
67       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) readlink invocation'
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71GNU coreutils 9.0                 March 2022                       READLINK(1)
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