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Question about the symlink of the ln command

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Can anybody give me an example why should we use the symlink kind of the "ln" command between files? I know that when you create symlink file, that file size is very small and it redirect to the main file.

The problem is when I created the symlink from a specific file (text file) from another directory, but I can't cat, less or any kind of print and view that file. Pls help me understand more about this type.

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answered 2 Years ago tocklftime · Accepted Answer

Let say you have a file named /home/george/Images/ubuntu.jpg and you want it to be available too in the /var/tmp directory, you can run:

ln -s /home/george/Images/ubuntu.jpg /var/tmp

Then, you can equally view the file using the /var/tmp/ubuntu.jpg path.

Beware not to miss to provide a correct relative or absolute path for the first parameter passed to the link command. This path is relative to the directory where the symbolic link resides. This is a common source of mistakes, like Nitin reply demonstrates.