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- shell
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- Linux
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- procedural
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---
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> A symbolic link, also termed a soft link, is a special kind of file that
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> points to another file. Unlike a hard link, a symbolic link does not contain
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> the data in the target file. It simply points to another entry somewhere in
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> the file system.
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# Syntax
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```
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ln -s -f ~/[existing_file] ~/.[file_you_want_to_symbolise]
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```
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Real example:
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```
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ln -s -f ~/dotfiles/.vimrc ~/.vimrc
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```
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