realpath

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Display the resolved absolute path for a file or directory.

Options (4)

-e, --canonicalize-existingboolean

Require all path components to exist

Example: realpath {{[-e|--canonicalize-existing]}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

-L, --logicalboolean

Resolve `..` components before symlinks

Example: realpath {{[-L|--logical]}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

-s, --no-symlinksboolean

Disable symlink expansion

Example: realpath {{[-s|--no-symlinks]}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

-q, --quietboolean

Suppress error messages

Example: realpath {{[-q|--quiet]}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Display the absolute path for a file or directory

realpath path/to/file_or_directory

Require all path components to exist

realpath [-e|--canonicalize-existing] path/to/file_or_directory

Resolve `..` components before symlinks

realpath [-L|--logical] path/to/file_or_directory

Disable symlink expansion

realpath [-s|--no-symlinks] path/to/file_or_directory

Suppress error messages

realpath [-q|--quiet] path/to/file_or_directory