ln
v(uutils coreutils) 0.1.0
Options
--backup=<CONTROL>
-
make a backup of each existing destination file
-b
-
like --backup but does not accept an argument
--force
,-f
-
ln-help-force
--interactive
,-i
-
ln-help-interactive
--no-dereference
,-n
-
ln-help-no-dereference
--logical
,-L
-
ln-help-logical
--physical
,-P
-
ln-help-physical
--symbolic
,-s
-
ln-help-symbolic
--suffix=<SUFFIX>
,-S <SUFFIX>
-
override the usual backup suffix
--target-directory=<DIRECTORY>
,-t <DIRECTORY>
-
ln-help-target-directory
--no-target-directory
,-T
-
ln-help-no-target-directory
--relative
,-r
-
ln-help-relative
--verbose
,-v
-
ln-help-verbose
Examples
Create a symbolic link to a file or directory:
ln {{[-s|--symbolic]}} {{/path/to/file_or_directory}} {{path/to/symlink}}
Overwrite an existing symbolic link to point to a different file:
ln {{[-sf|--symbolic --force]}} {{/path/to/new_file}} {{path/to/symlink}}
Create a hard link to a file:
ln {{/path/to/file}} {{path/to/hardlink}}
The examples are provided by the tldr-pages project under the CC BY 4.0 License.
Please note that, as uutils is a work in progress, some examples might fail.