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1 .Dd November 16, 2015 | |
2 .Dt READLINK 1 | |
3 .Os sbase | |
4 .Sh NAME | |
5 .Nm readlink | |
6 .Nd print symbolic link target or canonical file name | |
7 .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
8 .Nm | |
9 .Op Fl f | |
10 .Op Fl n | |
11 .Ar path | |
12 .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
13 .Nm | |
14 writes the target of | |
15 .Ar path , | |
16 if it is a symbolic link, to stdout. | |
17 If not, | |
18 .Nm | |
19 exits with a non-zero return value. | |
20 .Sh OPTIONS | |
21 .Bl -tag -width Ds | |
22 .It Fl f | |
23 Canonicalize | |
24 .Ar path , | |
25 which needn't be a symlink, | |
26 by recursively following every symlink in its path components. | |
27 .It Fl n | |
28 Do not print the terminating newline. | |
29 .El | |
30 .Sh SEE ALSO | |
31 .Xr readlink 2 , | |
32 .Xr realpath 3 |