realpath (1)

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=,FILE/

print the resolved path relative to FILE

--relative-base=,FILE/

print absolute paths unless paths below FILE

-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: <www.gnu.org/software/coreutils>
Report realpath translation bugs to <translationproject.org/team>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <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 at: <www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/realpath>
or available locally via: info aq(coreutils) realpath invocationaq