ln

Creates links to files and directories. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ln>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/ln.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install coreutils
Ubuntu
apt-get install coreutils
Image Alpine
apk add coreutils
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S coreutils
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install coreutils
CentOS
yum install coreutils
Fedora
dnf install coreutils
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install coreutils
OS X
brew install coreutils
Raspbian
apt-get install coreutils
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/ln ln powered by Commando

Creates links to files and directories. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ln>.

  • Create a symbolic link to a file or directory:
    ln -s /path/to/file_or_directory path/to/symlink
  • Overwrite an existing symbolic link to point to a different file:
    ln -sf /path/to/new_file path/to/symlink
  • Create a hard link to a file:
    ln /path/to/file path/to/hardlink

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