tldr/pages/common/ln.md

# ln

> Create links to files and directories.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/ln-invocation.html>.

- Create a symbolic link to a file or directory:

`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}}`
Adds some examples for ln Hopefully this will help people remember if the source is the first or second argument 2014-02-17 11:59:07 -05:00			`# ln`

pages/: use the imperative in descriptions (#12574) pages/: use the imperative in descriptions go-fmt: put the description on one line 2024-04-18 06:04:00 +02:00			`> Create links to files and directories.`
pages/*: update GNU coreutils links, sync translation pages (#15543) Signed-off-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> 2025-01-18 18:45:33 +05:30			`> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/ln-invocation.html>.`
Adds some examples for ln Hopefully this will help people remember if the source is the first or second argument 2014-02-17 11:59:07 -05:00
Refactor: add missing `or_directory` where needed. This commit adds the missing `_or_directory` to any example which is specifying an action affecting a file or a directory, but uses the token `{{path/to/file}}` instead of `{{path/to/file_or_directory}}`. 2019-02-08 01:31:19 +01:00			`- Create a symbolic link to a file or directory:`
Adds some examples for ln Hopefully this will help people remember if the source is the first or second argument 2014-02-17 11:59:07 -05:00
*: add option placeholders (#15921) 2025-03-12 21:05:58 +02:00			`ln {{[-s\|--symbolic]}} {{/path/to/file_or_directory}} {{path/to/symlink}}`
Adds some examples for ln Hopefully this will help people remember if the source is the first or second argument 2014-02-17 11:59:07 -05:00
ln: add missing noun (#4883) 2020-10-29 02:28:52 +13:00			`- Overwrite an existing symbolic link to point to a different file:`
add a separate example for overwriting a symlink to make it clear what the -T option does, as discussed in #180 2015-03-15 11:40:20 +00:00
*: add option placeholders (#15921) 2025-03-12 21:05:58 +02:00			`ln {{[-sf\|--symbolic --force]}} {{/path/to/new_file}} {{path/to/symlink}}`
add a separate example for overwriting a symlink to make it clear what the -T option does, as discussed in #180 2015-03-15 11:40:20 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 18:31:27 +01:00			`- Create a hard link to a file:`
Adds some examples for ln Hopefully this will help people remember if the source is the first or second argument 2014-02-17 11:59:07 -05:00
ln: convert paths to absolute 2021-06-02 21:55:26 +00:00			`ln {{/path/to/file}} {{path/to/hardlink}}`