Manual: ln

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NAME
       ln - Make links between files.

SYNOPSIS
       ln  [--backup]  [-b ] [-f|--force] [-i|--interactive] [-n|--no-dereference] [-L|--logical] [-P|--physical] [-s|--sym‐
       bolic] [-S|--suffix] [-t|--target-directory] [-T|--no-target-directory]	[-r|--relative]	 [-v|--verbose]	 [-h|--help]
       [-V|--version] 

DESCRIPTION
       Make links between files.

OPTIONS
       --backup[=]
	      make a backup of each existing destination file

       -b     like --backup but does not accept an argument

       -f, --force
	      remove existing destination files

       -i, --interactive
	      prompt whether to remove existing destination files

       -n, --no-dereference
	      treat LINK_NAME as a normal file if it is a symbolic link to a directory

       -L, --logical
	      follow TARGETs that are symbolic links

       -P, --physical
	      make hard links directly to symbolic links

       -s, --symbolic
	      make symbolic links instead of hard links

       -S, --suffix 
	      override the usual backup suffix

       -t, --target-directory 
	      specify the DIRECTORY in which to create the links

       -T, --no-target-directory
	      treat LINK_NAME as a normal file always

       -r, --relative
	      create symbolic links relative to link location

       -v, --verbose
	      print name of each linked file

       -h, --help
	      Print help

       -V, --version
	      Print version

       

EXTRA
       In  the	1st  form, create a link to TARGET with the name LINK_NAME.  In the 2nd form, create a link to TARGET in the
       current directory.  In the 3rd and 4th forms, create links to each TARGET in DIRECTORY.	Create	hard  links  by	 de‐
       fault,  symbolic	 links	with  --symbolic.  By default, each destination (name of new link) should not already exist.
       When creating hard links, each TARGET must exist. Symbolic links can hold arbitrary text; if later resolved, a  rela‐
       tive link is interpreted in relation to its parent directory.

       The  backup  suffix  is '~', unless set with --suffix or SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX.  The version control method may be se‐
       lected via the --backup option or through the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable.  Here are the values:

	 none, off	 never make backups (even if --backup is given)
	 numbered, t	 make numbered backups
	 existing, nil	 numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise
	 simple, never	 always make simple backups

VERSION
       v(uutils coreutils) 0.8.0

							 2026-04-16						       LN(1)