Commands tagged symbolic link (5)

  • Find all the links to a file

    This command finds and prints all the symbolic and hard links to a file. Note that the file argument itself be a link and it will find the original file as well. You can also do this with the inode number for a file or directory by first using stat or ls or some other tool to get the number like so: stat -Lc %i file or ls -Hid file And then using: find -L / -inum INODE_NUMBER -exec ls -ld {} +


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    find -L / -samefile /path/to/file -exec ls -ld {} +
    eightmillion · 2011-04-27 06:14:15 9
  • List all symbolic links in current directory

    Tested with GNU and BSD ls. Show Sample Output


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    ls -la | grep ^l
    gatopan · 2014-08-11 03:06:48 8
  • Convert current symbolic directory into physical directory

    Show Sample Output


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    cd -P .
    snipertyler · 2014-12-16 15:39:29 7
  • Adds "-c" canonical option to bash "type" builtin command to follow symbolic links

    The "type" builtin command is handy to find out what executable will be used if you issue a command. But on some distros, particularly when using /etc/alternatives, certain executables get buried under layers and layers of symbolic links and it becomes hard to find which one. If you put the above command in your .bashrc, it adds a "-c" option to the type command that will weed through the symbolic links and prints the actual file that will be executed. Show Sample Output


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    type () { if [ "$1" = "-c" ]; then shift; for f in "$@"; do ff=$(builtin type -p "$f"); readlink -f "$ff"; done; else builtin type $typeopts "$@"; fi; }
    splante · 2011-04-07 18:57:51 6
  • Find all files in path2 that do not have a symbolic link in path1 or any of its subdirectories

    This command stores data in the following files: files.txt, links.txt Find and read all symbolic links in /path1 and stores list in links.txt find /path1 -type l -exec readlink -f {} \; > links.txt Find all files in /path2 and stores list in files.txt find /path2 -type f > files.txt && Displays lines in files.txt that do not exist in links.txt grep -Fxv -f links.txt files.txt Show Sample Output


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    find /path1 -type l -exec readlink -f {} \; > links.txt && find /path2 -type f > files.txt && grep -Fxv -f links.txt files.txt
    codedecay · 2016-03-19 04:53:33 11

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