NAME
   readlink - display target of symbolic link on standard output

SYNOPSIS
   readlink [-fn] file

DESCRIPTION
   The readlink utility when invoked with the pathname of a symbolic link as
   its argument dereferences the symbolic link and prints the name of target
   on standard output. If readlink is invoked with an argument other than
   the pathname of a symbolic link, it exits with a non-zero exit code with-
   out printing anything.

   The following options are available:

   -f   Using realpath(3), canonicalize by following every symlink in every
   component of the given path recursively. Note that the resultant
   pathname might not exist,

   -n   Do not print a trailing newline character.

   The readlink utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.

SEE ALSO
   readlink(2) realpath(3)

HISTORY
   The readlink utility first appeared in OpenBSD.