Man1 - realpath.1
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NAME
realpath - print the resolved path
SYNOPSIS
realpath [/OPTION/]… FILE…
DESCRIPTION
Print the resolved absolute file name; all but the last component must exist
- -e, –canonicalize-existing
- all components of the path must exist
- -m, –canonicalize-missing
- no path components need exist or be a directory
- -L, –logical
- resolve ’..’ components before symlinks
- -P, –physical
- resolve symlinks as encountered (default)
- -q, –quiet
- suppress most error messages
- *–relative-to*=/DIR/
- print the resolved path relative to DIR
- *–relative-base*=/DIR/
- print absolute paths unless paths below DIR
- -s, –strip, –no-symlinks
- don’t expand symlinks
- -z, –zero
- end each output line with NUL, not newline
- –help
- display this help and exit
- –version
- output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by Padraig Brady.
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL
version 3 or later https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There
is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
readlink(1), readlink(2), realpath(3)
Full documentation https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/realpath
or available locally via: info ’(coreutils) realpath invocation’