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man ln

alias file1="file2"

ln -s file1 file2

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# @(#) s1	Demonstrate two names for one file.

pe() { for i;do printf "%s" "$i";done; printf "\n"; }

# Remove old stuff.

rm -f a b

pe
pe " Created file a, with an inode as noted, one link:"
touch a
ls -ligG a

pe
pe " Created hard link b, same inode pointed to, now two links:"
ln a b
ls -ligG a b

exit 0

% ./s1

 Created file a, with an inode as noted, one link:
269437 -rw-r--r-- 1 0 May 15 13:10 a

 Created hard link b, same inode pointed to, now two links:
269437 -rw-r--r-- 2 0 May 15 13:10 a
269437 -rw-r--r-- 2 0 May 15 13:10 b