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.Dd January 31, 2015
.Dt READLINK 1
.Os sbase
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.Sh NAME
.Nm readlink
.Nd print symbolic link target or canonical file name
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl fn
.Ar name
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
If
.Ar name
is a symbolic link,
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.Nm
writes its target to stdout.
If
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.Fl f
is not set and
.Ar name
is not a symbolic link,
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.Nm
exits with a nonzero exit code without printing anything.
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.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl f
Canonicalize
.Ar name ,
which does not need to be a symlink,
by recursively following every symlink in its components.
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.It Fl n
Do not output the trailing newline.
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.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr readlink 2 ,
.Xr realpath 3