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<html> <head> <title>realpath</title> <META NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="realpath"> </head> <body BGCOLOR="#ffffff" LINK="#0000ff" VLINK="#0000ff" ALINK="#0000ff" TEXT="#000000"> <center> <h1><b>realpath</b></h1></center> <PRE> <STRONG><A HREF="/man1/REALPATH">REALPATH(1)</A></STRONG> User Commands <STRONG><A HREF="/man1/REALPATH">REALPATH(1)</A></STRONG> 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=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 AUTHOR Written by Padraig Brady. REPORTING BUGS GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report realpath translation bugs to <https://translationpro- ject.org/team/> COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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 <STRONG><A HREF="/man1/readlink">readlink(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="/man2/readlink">readlink(2)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="/man3/realpath">realpath(3)</A></STRONG> Full documentation at: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/real- path> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) realpath invocation' GNU coreutils 8.30 September 2019 <STRONG><A HREF="/man1/REALPATH">REALPATH(1)</A></STRONG></PRE> <center> <h6>Man Pages Copyright Respective Owners. Site Copyright (C) 1994 - 2025 <a href="http://www.he.net">Hurricane Electric</a>. All Rights Reserved.</h6></center> </body> </html>