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        !            37: .Dd August 18, 1997
        !            38: .Dt READLINK 1
        !            39: .Os
        !            40: .Sh NAME
        !            41: .Nm readlink
        !            42: .Nd display target of symbolic link on standard output
        !            43: .Sh SYNOPSIS
        !            44: .Nm readlink
        !            45: .Op Fl n
        !            46: .Ar file
        !            47: .Sh DESCRIPTION
        !            48: The
        !            49: .Nm readlink
        !            50: utility when invoked with the pathname of a symbolic link as its
        !            51: argument dereferences the symbolic link and prints the name of target
        !            52: on standard output.  If readlink is invoked with an argument other
        !            53: than the pathname of a symbolic link it exits with a non-zero exit
        !            54: code and without printing anything.
        !            55: .Pp
        !            56: The following option is available:
        !            57: .Bl -tag -width flag
        !            58: .It Fl n
        !            59: Do not print a trailing newline character.
        !            60: .El
        !            61: .Pp
        !            62: The
        !            63: .Nm readlink
        !            64: utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
        !            65: .Sh SEE ALSO
        !            66: .Xr readlink 2
        !            67: .Sh HISTORY
        !            68: The
        !            69: .Nm readlink
        !            70: utility first appeared in OpenBSD 2.1