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.TH REALPATH "1" "November 2014" "GNU coreutils 8.23" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
realpath \- print the resolved path
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B realpath
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIFILE\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Print the resolved absolute file name;
all but the last component must exist
.TP
\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-canonicalize\-existing\fR
all components of the path must exist
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-canonicalize\-missing\fR
no components of the path need exist
.TP
\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-logical\fR
resolve '..' components before symlinks
.TP
\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-physical\fR
resolve symlinks as encountered (default)
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
suppress most error messages
.TP
\fB\-\-relative\-to\fR=\fIFILE\fR
print the resolved path relative to FILE
.TP
\fB\-\-relative\-base\fR=\fIFILE\fR
print absolute paths unless paths below FILE
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-strip\fR, \fB\-\-no\-symlinks\fR
don't expand symlinks
.TP
\fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-zero\fR
end each output line with NUL, not newline
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report realpath translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Padraig Brady.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
readlink(1), readlink(2), realpath(3)
.PP
The full documentation for
.B realpath
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B realpath
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info coreutils \(aqrealpath invocation\(aq
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.