NAME

realpath — print resolved path

SYNOPSIS

realpath [-E|-e] [-n|-z] [-s] path...

The realpath utility resolves ., .., and symlinks used in each path to print an absolute pathname.

When no flags are passed, this implementation assumes the behavior of -E.

-E: Do not fail when the final path component does not exists and it's parent is a directory.
-e: Fail when path does not exists.
-n: Do not print a trailing separator.
-s: Do not resolve symlinks.
-z: Use NULL byte as separator instead of newlines.

The realpath utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

realpath should be compliant with the IEEE Std 1003.1-2024 (“POSIX.1”) specification.

The options -n, -s and -z and support for multiple path arguments are extensions present for compatibility with existing software.

Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier <contact+utils@hacktivis.me>