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readlink — Follow symlinks and get symlink information. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreuti

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Problem

How to use the readlink command: Follow symlinks and get symlink information. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/readlink-invocation.html>.

Solution

readlink — Follow symlinks and get symlink information. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/readlink-invocation.html>.

Get the actual file to which the symlink points:
readlink {{path/to/file}}


Get the absolute path to a file:
readlink {{[-f|--canonicalize]}} {{path/to/file}}

Code Snippets

Get the actual file to which the symlink points

readlink {{path/to/file}}

Get the absolute path to a file

readlink {{[-f|--canonicalize]}} {{path/to/file}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/readlink

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