REALPATH(1) General Commands Manual REALPATH(1) NAME realpath – return resolved physical path SYNOPSIS realpath [-q] [path ...] DESCRIPTION The realpath utility uses the realpath(3) function to resolve all symbolic links, extra ‘/’ characters and references to /./ and /../ in path. If path is absent, the current working directory (‘.’) is assumed. If -q is specified, warnings will not be printed when realpath(3) fails. EXIT STATUS The realpath utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. EXAMPLES Show the physical path of the /dev/log directory silencing warnings if any: $ realpath -q /dev/log /var/run/log SEE ALSO realpath(3) HISTORY The realpath utility first appeared in FreeBSD 4.3. macOS 15.2 June 21, 2011 macOS 15.2