Linux - Link Commands

This is Part 6 of the Linux CLI Commands series.

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Link Commands

Hard Link
nl file1 file2 -- file1 and file2 are hard link
eg:

• -rw-r--r-- file1
• -rw-r--r-- file2

Soft Link
nl -s file1 file2 -- file1 and file2 are soft link
eg:

• lrw-r--r-- file1
• lrw-r--r-- file2

note: soft link start with (l) and hard link start with (-)