REALPATH(1) General Commands Manual REALPATH(1) NAME realpath - Print the resolved path SYNOPSIS realpath [OPTION]... FILE... DESCRIPTION Print the resolved path OPTIONS -q, --quiet Do not print warnings for invalid paths -s, --strip Only strip '.' and '..' components, but don't resolve symbolic links -z, --zero Separate output filenames with \0 rather than newline -L, --logical resolve '..' components before symlinks -P, --physical resolve symlinks as encountered (default) -E, --canonicalize all but the last component must exist (default) -e, --canonicalize-existing canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively, all components must exist -m, --canonicalize-missing canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively, without requirements on components existence --relative-to