.TH READLINK 1 "4 January 1998" "Kpathsea 3.4.5"
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.SH NAME
readlink \- print contents of symbolic link
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B readlink
.I file
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.SH DESCRIPTION
If
.I file
is a symbolic link, print its contents (what it links to), and exit
successfully.  Exit with a failure otherwise.
.PP
On systems that do not support symbolic links,
.B readlink
will always fail.
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.SH OPTIONS
.B readlink
accepts the following additional options:
.TP
.B --help
.rb
Print help message and exit.
.TP
.B --version
.rb
Print version information and exit.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR readlink (2)