.Dd September 29, 2016 .Dt READLINK 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm readlink .Nd print symbolic link target .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl fn .Ar path .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm prints the target of the symbolic link specified by .Ar path . .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width "12345678" .It Fl f , Fl \-canonicalize Print the absolute path of .Ar path (which need not be a symbolic link) with all symbolic links expanded, and no .Pa \&. and .Pa .. path components. .It Fl n , Fl \-no-newline Do not append a newline. .El .Sh EXIT STATUS .Nm will exit with 0 on success and non-zero otherwise. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr realpath 1 , .Xr readlink 3 , .Xr realpath 3