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ln (Symbolic Links)

Create symbolic links to make file shortcuts and understand how they work.

Step 1

First, view the target file we'll create a link to.

Type: cat documents/readme.txt

cat documents/readme.txt

Step 2

Create a symbolic link to readme.txt.

Step 3

View the link with ls -l to see it points to the original.

Step 4

Read the link file - it shows the original content.

Step 5

Create another symbolic link to log.txt for quick access.