Manpages - realpath.1

realpath - print the resolved path

realpath [/OPTION/]… FILE…

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

Written by Padraig Brady.

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