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.TH READLINK "1" "July 2026" "GNU coreutils 9.11" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
readlink \- print resolved symbolic links or canonical file names
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B readlink
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... \fI\,FILE\/\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBrealpath\fP(1) is a better command
for canonicalization functionality.
.PP
Print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#readlink-f'\fB\-f, \-\-canonicalize\fP\X'tty: link'
canonicalize by following every symlink
in every component of the given name recursively;
all but the last component must exist
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#readlink-e'\fB\-e, \-\-canonicalize\-existing\fP\X'tty: link'
canonicalize by following every symlink
in every component of the given name recursively;
all components must exist
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#readlink-m'\fB\-m, \-\-canonicalize\-missing\fP\X'tty: link'
canonicalize by following every symlink
in every component of the given name recursively,
without requirements on components existence
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#readlink-n'\fB\-n, \-\-no\-newline\fP\X'tty: link'
do not output the trailing delimiter
.HP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#readlink-q'\fB\-q, \-\-quiet\fP\X'tty: link'
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#readlink-s'\fB\-s, \-\-silent\fP\X'tty: link'
suppress most error messages
(on by default if POSIXLY_CORRECT is not set)
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#readlink-v'\fB\-v, \-\-verbose\fP\X'tty: link'
report error messages
(on by default if POSIXLY_CORRECT is set)
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#readlink-z'\fB\-z, \-\-zero\fP\X'tty: link'
end each output line with NUL, not newline
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/readlink#readlink--help'\fB\-\-help\fP\X'tty: link'
display this help and exit
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/readlink#readlink--version'\fB\-\-version\fP\X'tty: link'
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Dmitry V. Levin.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to: bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
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.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBreadlink\fP(2), \fBrealpath\fP(1), \fBrealpath\fP(3)
.PP
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Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/readlink>
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or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) readlink invocation\(aq