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.TH READLINK "1" "May 2004" "readlink (coreutils) 5.2.1" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
readlink \- display value of a symbolic link
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B readlink
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIFILE\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Display value of a symbolic link on standard output.
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-canonicalize\fR
canonicalize by following every symlink in every
component of the given path recursively
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-no\-newline\fR
do not output the trailing newline
.HP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR,
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-silent\fR
suppress most error messages
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
report error messages
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Dmitry V. Levin.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B readlink
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B readlink
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info coreutils readlink
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.