kpsereadlink(1)

print contents of symbolic link

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Description

kpsereadlink - print contents of symbolic link

kpsereadlink file

If file is a symbolic link, print its contents (what it links to), and exit successfully. Exit with a failure otherwise.

On systems that do not support symbolic links, kpsereadlink will always fail.

kpsereadlink accepts the following options:
--help

Print help message and exit.

--version

Print version information and exit.