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            1 .Dd November 16, 2015
            2 .Dt READLINK 1
            3 .Os sbase
            4 .Sh NAME
            5 .Nm readlink
            6 .Nd print symbolic link target or canonical file name
            7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
            8 .Nm
            9 .Op Fl f
           10 .Op Fl n
           11 .Ar path
           12 .Sh DESCRIPTION
           13 .Nm
           14 writes the target of
           15 .Ar path ,
           16 if it is a symbolic link, to stdout.
           17 If not,
           18 .Nm
           19 exits with a non-zero return value.
           20 .Sh OPTIONS
           21 .Bl -tag -width Ds
           22 .It Fl f
           23 Canonicalize
           24 .Ar path ,
           25 which needn't be a symlink,
           26 by recursively following every symlink in its path components.
           27 .It Fl n
           28 Do not print the terminating newline.
           29 .El
           30 .Sh SEE ALSO
           31 .Xr readlink 2 ,
           32 .Xr realpath 3