Readlink - Symbolic Link Resolver#

Show the target path that a symbolic link points to. Essential for understanding symlink chains and finding actual file locations.

Usage#

bash

readlink-tool [options] <link>

Options#

• -f: Canonicalize by following every symlink in the path
• -e: Canonicalize but require all components to exist
• -n: Suppress trailing newline

Examples#

bash

readlink-tool /usr/bin/python
readlink-tool -f symlink_to_file
readlink-tool -e symlink.txt