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.Dd July 21, 2022 .Dt REALPATH 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm realpath .Nd return resolved canonical path .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl eEq .Op Ar path ... .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility uses the .Xr realpath 3 function to resolve all symbolic links, extra .Ql / characters and references to

a /./ and

a /../ in each .Ar path , and writes the result of each to standard output followed by a newline. If .Ar path is absent, the current working directory

q Sq Pa .\& is assumed.

p With the .Fl E option (the default) it is not an error for the final component of the resolved pathname to reference a file which does not exist.

p The .Fl e option reverses the effect of .Fl E , requiring the .Ar path to resolve to an existing pathname.

p If .Fl q is specified, warnings will not be printed when .Xr realpath 3 fails. Messages about other errors, such as bad usage, are still printed.

p On error, nothing is written to standard output for that .Ar path . If .Fl q was not given a diagnostic is written to standard error. .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std Any failure to resolve a .Ar path is an error for this purpose, the .Fl q option is irrelevant. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr readlink 1 , .Xr realpath 3 .Sh STANDARDS The .Nm utility is expected to comply with the forthcoming edition of the POSIX standard. To be fully POSIX compliant, applications must use either the .Fl e or .Fl E option, as which of those (if in fact either, and not some other behaviour) applies in their absence is unspecified. The standard requires support for only a single, mandatory, .Ar path argument. .Sh HISTORY The .Nm utility first appeared in .Fx 4.3 and was imported into .Nx 10 , but modified to be slightly more compatible with the coreutils version, and the proposed POSIX standard requirements.