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.Dd January 30, 2015
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.Dt READLINK 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm readlink
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.Nd print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl fn
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.Ar file
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility when invoked with the pathname of a symbolic link as
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its argument dereferences the symbolic link and prints the name of the target
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on standard output. If the
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.Fl f
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option is not specified and
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.Nm
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is
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invoked with an argument other than the pathname of a symbolic link, it
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exits with a nonzero exit code without printing anything.
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.Sh OPTIONS
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl f
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Canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the
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given path recursively. The argument does not need to be a symbolic
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link.
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.It Fl n
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Do not output the trailing newline.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr readlink 2 ,
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.Xr realpath 3
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