eolas/neuron/0c4abb9b-c940-4636-84e0-b880b7c1ac8b/Symlinks.md

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shell Linux procedural

A symbolic link, also termed a soft link, is a special kind of file that points to another file. Unlike a hard link, a symbolic link does not contain the data in the target file. It simply points to another entry somewhere in the file system.

Syntax

ln -s -f ~/[existing_file] ~/.[file_you_want_to_symbolise]

Real example:

ln -s -f ~/dotfiles/.vimrc ~/.vimrc