Fixing "readlink: illegal option -- f" error on a Mac
So, if you are a happy Mac user and facing problem with "readlink: illegal option -- f", then i have a simple solution for you :
- Install brew if you still don't have it.
- Run
brew install coreutils
- Instead of
readlink
use nowgreadlink
greadlink --help
Usage: greadlink [OPTION]... FILE...
Print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name
-f, --canonicalize canonicalize by following every symlink in
every component of the given name recursively;
all but the last component must exist
-e, --canonicalize-existing canonicalize by following every symlink in
every component of the given name recursively,
all components must exist
-m, --canonicalize-missing canonicalize by following every symlink in
every component of the given name recursively,
without requirements on components existence
-n, --no-newline do not output the trailing delimiter
-q, --quiet,
-s, --silent suppress most error messages
-v, --verbose report error messages
-z, --zero end each output line with NUL, not newline
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report greadlink translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
For complete documentation, run: info coreutils 'greadlink invocation'