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How to Symlink a File in Linux

By LinuxShellTips

A symbolic link, also known as ???Symlink??? is a special type of file in Linux, which is used for the purpose of pointing to another file. The symlink does not contain any other data apart from the disk address of the file to which the symlink is pointing to.

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