links - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

uniqmaniak · #1 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006

how can we know the different links (hard and soft) to a file .....

i got a file in my directory and i need to know the different links attached to this file

any one plz help

thanks..

Dhruva · #2 (**permalink**) 08-31-2006

hard link

Code:

ls -li /usr/bin/at
8041 -r-sr-xr-x  4 root  wheel  19540 Apr 21  2001 /usr/bin/at*

Now we will use inode number to find other links since hard links have same inode number.

Code:

find / -inum 8041 -print

For soft link enter

Code:

find /dir_path -type l

this will give you soft links in directory.
or

Code:

find /dir_path -type l -ls|awk '{ print $10,$12}'

will give soft links and associated filename

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