Print resolved symbolic links or canonical file names.

Synopsis

readlink [OPTIONS] FILE...

Description

Prints the value of a symbolic link, or with -f, the fully resolved canonical path.

Options

-f Canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively.

--help Display help and exit.

Examples

$ readlink mylink

Print the target of a symlink.

$ readlink -f ./a/../b

Print the canonical absolute path.

See Also

ln, stat, realpath