.Dd 2015-11-16 .Dt READLINK 1 .Os sbase .Sh NAME .Nm readlink .Nd print symbolic link target or canonical file name .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl f .Op Fl n .Ar path .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm writes the target of .Ar path , if it is a symbolic link, to stdout. If not, .Nm exits with a non-zero return value. .Sh OPTIONS .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl f Canonicalize .Ar path , which needn't be a symlink, by recursively following every symlink in its path components. .It Fl n Do not print the terminating newline. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr readlink 2 , .Xr realpath 3