ln - Make links between files.
ln [--backup] [-b
] [-f|--force]
[-i|--interactive]
[-n|--no-dereference]
[-L|--logical]
[-P|--physical]
[-s|--symbolic]
[-S|--suffix]
[-t|--target-directory]
[-T|--no-target-directory]
[-r|--relative]
[-v|--verbose]
[-h|--help]
[-V|--version]
<files>
Make links between files.
<CONTROL>]make a backup of each existing destination file
like --backup but does not accept an argument
remove existing destination files
prompt whether to remove existing destination files
treat LINK_NAME as a normal file if it is a symbolic link to a directory
follow TARGETs that are symbolic links
make hard links directly to symbolic links
make symbolic links instead of hard links
<SUFFIX>override the usual backup suffix
<DIRECTORY>specify the DIRECTORY in which to create the links
treat LINK_NAME as a normal file always
create symbolic links relative to link location
print name of each linked file
Print help
Print version
files>In the 1st form, create a link to TARGET with the name LINK_NAME. In the 2nd form, create a link to TARGET in the current directory. In the 3rd and 4th forms, create links to each TARGET in DIRECTORY. Create hard links by default, symbolic links with --symbolic. By default, each destination (name of new link) should not already exist. When creating hard links, each TARGET must exist. Symbolic links can hold arbitrary text; if later resolved, a relative link is interpreted in relation to its parent directory.
The backup suffix is ~, unless set with --suffix or SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX. The version control method may be selected via the --backup option or through the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable. Here are the values:
none, off never make backups (even if --backup is given) numbered, t make numbered backups existing, nil numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise simple, never always make simple backups
v(uutils coreutils) 0.10.0
Create a symbolic link to a file or directory:
ln [-s|--symbolic] /path/to/file_or_directory path/to/symlink
Create a symbolic link relative to where the link is located:
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 <https://tldr.sh> under the CC BY 4.0 License. Please note that, as uutils is a work in progress, some examples might fail.