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Problem

How to use the link command: Create a hard link to an existing file. For more options, see the ln command. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/link-invocation.html>.

Solution

link — Create a hard link to an existing file. For more options, see the ln command. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/link-invocation.html>.

Create a hard link from a new file to an existing file:

link {{path/to/existing_file}} {{path/to/new_file}}

Code Snippets

Create a hard link from a new file to an existing file

link {{path/to/existing_file}} {{path/to/new_file}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/link

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