ln

ln [OPTIONS] <files>...

change file owner and group

Options

--help, -h

Print help information

--version, -V

Print version information

--backup=<CONTROL>

make a backup of each existing destination file

-b

like --backup but does not accept an argument

--force, -f

remove existing destination files

--interactive, -i

prompt whether to remove existing destination files

--no-dereference, -n

treat LINK_NAME as a normal file if it is a symbolic link to a directory

--symbolic, -s

make symbolic links instead of hard links

--suffix=<SUFFIX>, -S <SUFFIX>

override the usual backup suffix

--target-directory=<DIRECTORY>, -t <DIRECTORY>

specify the DIRECTORY in which to create the links

--no-target-directory, -T

treat LINK_NAME as a normal file always

--relative, -r

create symbolic links relative to link location

--verbose, -v

print name of each linked file