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Old 10-19-2009, 01:51 PM   #3
booksonthemove
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Here you go:

Code:
$ readlink --help
Usage: readlink [OPTION]... FILE
Display value of a symbolic link on standard output.

  -f, --canonicalize            canonicalise by following every symlink in
                                every component of the given name recursively;
                                all but the last component must exist
  -e, --canonicalize-existing   canonicalise by following every symlink in
                                every component of the given name recursively,
                                all components must exist
  -m, --canonicalize-missing    canonicalise by following every symlink in
                                every component of the given name recursively,
                                without requirements on components existence
  -n, --no-newline              do not output the trailing newline
  -q, --quiet,
  -s, --silent                  suppress most error messages
  -v, --verbose                 report error messages
      --help     display this help and exit
      --version  output version information and exit

Report readlink bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report readlink translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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