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Old 06-12-2001
Soft Linking - How to remove!?
Summary:
I added a soft link to a page (using the ln -s command). I was using this as a "symbolic link", so users would not know they had been redirected to a new URL (they would only see the URL they had typed in, even tho the content isn't there).

However, I created an incorrect link when I used the ln -s command. I am very new to UNIX, so hopefully this question is logical...

What is the command for removing the soft link, without removing the original file?

Thanks in advance!
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Old 06-12-2001
just rm the link just like you rm a file.

you will "break" the link and not delete the actual data
 
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