READLINK

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 4 January 1998
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NAME

readlink - print contents of symbolic link  

SYNOPSIS

readlink file  

DESCRIPTION

If file is a symbolic link, print its contents (what it links to), and exit successfully. Exit with a failure otherwise.

On systems that do not support symbolic links, readlink will always fail.  

OPTIONS

readlink accepts the following additional options:
--help
Print help message and exit.
--version
Print version information and exit.
 

SEE ALSO

readlink(2)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO

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