Linux symlinks command details how to use the Linux symlinks command

Symlinks checks the symbolic connections in the directory and displays the symbolic connection type. The following are the types of symbolic connections that can be judged by symlinks:

• Absolute: the absolute path is used for symbolic connections.

• Dangling: the original file does not exist.

• Lengthy: the path of the symbolic connection contains redundant "../".

• Messy: The path of the symbolic connection contains redundant "/".

• Other_fs: the original file is located in another file system.

• Relative: the relative path is used for symbolic connections.

Syntax

Symlinks [-cdrstv] [Directory]

Parameters:

• -C converts an absolute path to a relative path.

• -D remove the dangling-type symbolic connections.

• -R: check the symbolic connections in all subdirectories of the Directory.

• -S checks the lengthy-type symbolic connections.

• -T and-c will show how to convert the absolute path symbolic link to a relative path, but will not actually convert it.

• -V displays all types of symbolic connections.