READLINK(1)			User Commands			  READLINK(1)



NAME
       readlink - display value of a symbolic link

SYNOPSIS
       readlink [OPTION]... FILE

DESCRIPTION
       Display value of a symbolic link on standard output.

       -f, --canonicalize
	      canonicalize  by	following every symlink in every component of
	      the given path recursively

       -n, --no-newline
	      do not output the trailing newline

       -q, --quiet,

       -s, --silent
	      suppress most error messages

       -v, --verbose
	      report error messages

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Dmitry V. Levin.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying  conditions.	There
       is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for readlink is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
       If the info and readlink programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command

	      info coreutils readlink

       should give you access to the complete manual.



readlink (coreutils) 5.2.1	 August 2006			  READLINK(1)

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