List all symbolic links in current directory

find /path -type l

why go through the hard way? use find with -type l

By: unixmonkey7109

2009-11-24 01:14:19

find readlink

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List all symbolic links in current directory

For those who don't have the symlinks command, you can use readlink. This command is not straightforward because readlink is very picky. The backslash in front of 'ls' means not to use an alias (e.g. color escape codes from an aliased 'ls' could mess up readlink), and the -1 (one) means to print the entries separated by newlines. xargs -l (the letter L) means to process each input separated by newlines as separate commands.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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\ls -1 | xargs -l readlink

TeacherTiger · 2009-11-23 19:28:03 7

List all symbolic links in current directory

Tested with GNU and BSD ls. Show Sample Output

ls -la | grep ^l

gatopan · 2014-08-11 03:06:48 8

List all symbolic links in current directory

With this version, you can list all symlinks in the current directory (no subdirectories), and have it list both the link and the target. Show Sample Output

ls -l `find ~ -maxdepth 1 -type l -print`

skittleys · 2015-01-04 02:36:47 7

List all symbolic links in current directory
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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find /was61 -type l

djenal · 2012-07-18 18:19:37 3
List all symbolic links in current directory
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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find /was61 -type l

djenal · 2012-07-18 18:20:11 3

What Others Think

This command does not find symlinks in just the current directory, it lists all those in subdirectories as well. Please rephrase!

skittleys · 485 weeks and 4 days ago

seofox · 116 weeks ago

seofox · 115 weeks and 1 day ago

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apadanaa44 · 58 weeks and 2 days ago

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