readlink

readlink [OPTIONS] [files]...

Print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name.

Options

--help, -h

Print help information

--version, -V

Print version information

--canonicalize, -f

canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively; all but the last component must exist

--canonicalize-existing, -e

canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively, all components must exist

--canonicalize-missing, -m

canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively, without requirements on components existence

--no-newline, -n

do not output the trailing delimiter

--quiet, -q

suppress most error messages

--silent, -s

suppress most error messages

--verbose, -v

report error message

--zero, -z

separate output with NUL rather than newline