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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.50.1.
.TH REALPATH "1" "February 2026" "GNU coreutils 9.10" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
realpath \- print the resolved path
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B realpath
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... \fI\,FILE\/\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.\" Add any additional description here
.PP
Print the resolved absolute file name.
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#realpath-E'\fB\-E, \-\-canonicalize\fP\X'tty: link'
all but the last component must exist (default)
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#realpath-e'\fB\-e, \-\-canonicalize\-existing\fP\X'tty: link'
all components of the path must exist
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#realpath-m'\fB\-m, \-\-canonicalize\-missing\fP\X'tty: link'
no path components need exist or be a directory
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#realpath-L'\fB\-L, \-\-logical\fP\X'tty: link'
resolve '..' components before symlinks
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#realpath-P'\fB\-P, \-\-physical\fP\X'tty: link'
resolve symlinks as encountered (default)
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#realpath-q'\fB\-q, \-\-quiet\fP\X'tty: link'
suppress most error messages
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#realpath--relative-to'\fB\-\-relative\-to=DIR\fP\X'tty: link'
print the resolved path relative to DIR
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#realpath--relative-base'\fB\-\-relative\-base=DIR\fP\X'tty: link'
print absolute paths unless paths below DIR
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#realpath-s'\fB\-s, \-\-strip, \-\-no\-symlinks\fP\X'tty: link'
don't expand symlinks
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#realpath-z'\fB\-z, \-\-zero\fP\X'tty: link'
end each output line with NUL, not newline
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/realpath#realpath--help'\fB\-\-help\fP\X'tty: link'
display this help and exit
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/realpath#realpath--version'\fB\-\-version\fP\X'tty: link'
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Padraig Brady.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to: bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
.br
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
.br
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBreadlink\fP(1), \fBreadlink\fP(2), \fBrealpath\fP(3)
.PP
.br
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/realpath>
.br
or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) realpath invocation\(aq
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