realpath
(1)print the resolved path
realpath [OPTION]... FILE...
Options
11-e--canonicalize-existingall components of the path must exist
-m--canonicalize-missingno path components need exist or be a directory
-L--logicalresolve '..' components before symlinks
-P--physicalresolve symlinks as encountered (default)
-q--quietsuppress most error messages
--relative-toDIRprint the resolved path relative to DIR
--relative-baseDIRprint absolute paths unless paths below DIR
-s--strip--no-symlinksdon't expand symlinks
-z--zeroend each output line with NUL, not newline
--helpdisplay this help and exit
--versionoutput version information and exit
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
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