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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.35.
.TH READLINK "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
readlink \- display value of a symbolic link
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B readlink
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIFILE\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
.\" Add any additional description here
.PP
Display value of a symbolic link on standard output.
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-canonicalize\fR
canonicalize by following every symlink in
every component of the given name recursively;
all but the last component must exist
.TP
\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-canonicalize\-existing\fR
canonicalize by following every symlink in
every component of the given name recursively,
all components must exist
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-canonicalize\-missing\fR
canonicalize by following every symlink in
every component of the given name recursively,
without requirements on components existence
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-no\-newline\fR
do not output the trailing newline
.HP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR,
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-silent\fR
suppress most error messages
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
report error messages
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Dmitry V. Levin.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
readlink(2)
.PP
The full documentation for
.B readlink
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
.B info
and
.B readlink
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info readlink
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.
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