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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Unlink and copy actual file Post 302525582 by kumaran_5555 on Friday 27th of May 2011 06:21:57 AM
Old 05-27-2011
Code:
 find /home/user/c_test/ -type l |while read link; do
> b=`basename $link`
> d=`dirname $link`
> cp $link $d/temp
> rm $link
> mv $d/temp $link

This worked for me, I was trying to copy the file in temp name (which will copy the content), then remove the link and copy the temp back in the link name.
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list_link

list link(1m)															     list link(1m)

NAME

       list link - Displays a list of all the soft links whose names match the link name that you specify

SYNOPSIS

       cdscp list link link-name [with attribute-name = attribute-value]

ARGUMENTS

       The  full  name	of  a specific soft link.  The last simple name can contain wildcard characters.  The name of a particular attribute.  The
       value of a particular attribute.

DESCRIPTION

       The list link command displays a list of all the soft links whose names match the link name that you specify.  The  last  simple  name  can
       contain	wildcard  characters.	You  can  use  a  with	attribute-name	=  attribute-value clause to limit output only to soft links whose
       attributes have values equal to the specified values.  A space must precede and follow the = (equals sign).  This command does not list the
       name of the directory, object entry, or other soft link to which the soft link points.

   Privilege Required
       You  must  have	read permission to the directory that stores the soft link.  If you use a with	attribute-name = attribute-value clause in
       the command, you also need read or test permission to the selected soft links.

NOTE

       This command is replaced at Revision 1.1 by the dcecp command and may not be provided in future releases of DCE.

EXAMPLE

       The following command displays a list of all the soft links whose names begin with the letter l in the directory  /.:/admin.   cdscp>  list
       link /.:/admin/l*

			       LIST
			   SOFTLINK   /.../abc.com/admin
				 AT   1991-10-15-15:54:38 lnk01 lnk02 lnk03 lnk04 lnk05 lnk06

RELATED INFORMATION

       Commands: create link(1m), delete link(1m), remove link(1m), set link(1m), show link(1m)

																     list link(1m)
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