On Unix-like operating systems, the readlink command prints the value of a symbolic link, or canonical file name.

This page describes the GNU/Linux version of readlink.

Syntax

readlink [OPTION]… FILE

Options

Examples

readlink symbolic-link-name

Displays the full, canonical pathname of the symbolic link symbolic-link-name.

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ln — Create a link, or a symbolic link, to a file or directory.