ln(1)

💅 NAME 💅

ok so like. ln — Make links between files. that's it, that's the vibe. you're linking files. slay. 🎀

this one's from the General Commands Manual, section 1, bestie, so it's a user command, not some deep kernel nonsense. we love that for us.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Make links between files.

like literally that's the whole thing. you point at a file, you get another name for it. it's giving "two names, one file" energy. iconic behavior fr fr 🫶

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

ok bestie grab a snack this is the long part but i promise every single flag matters

• --backup[=<CONTROL>] — make a backup of each existing destination file. yes she's protective of your files, we stan a cautious queen 💖
• -b — like --backup but does not accept an argument. same energy, less talk.
• -f, --force — remove existing destination files. no asking, no mercy, just vibes. 😤
• -i, --interactive — prompt whether to remove existing destination files. she'll ask first because she's polite like that ✨
• -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. the soft launch of links, if you will 🦋
• -S, --suffix <SUFFIX> — override the usual backup suffix
• -t, --target-directory <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. she's a yapper and honestly? valid 💅
• -h, --help — Print help
• -V, --version — Print version
• <files> — the files. the whole point. the main characters 👑

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🌈 EXTRA 🌈

ok so there's like forms and the synopsis does NOT show them which is lowkey rude of it but here's the tea:

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 default, symbolic links with --symbolic. By default, each destination (name of new link) should not already exist.

⚠️ heads up bestie: when creating hard links, each TARGET must exist. like actually exist. no ghost targets allowed. 👻

Symbolic links can hold arbitrary text; if later resolved, a relative 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 selected 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

periodt. those are the options, no cap. 💜

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⭐ VERSION ⭐

v(uutils coreutils) 0.7.0

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ok that's the whole page, bestie, you're officially a ln girlie now 🧚‍♀️

this lil love letter to links comes from the uutils coreutils crew, version 0.7.0 — that's the source, that's the version, and the footer it was born with said ln (uutils coreutils) 0.7.0, so shoutout to them for making this whole thing exist 💖 go make some links, you got this 🫶