Hdi2u S18

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Linking to files

  • copying big files can exhaust hard disk quickly.
  • You can instead create a link to it with the ln -s command.
ln -s current.file linktocurrent.file

Exercises

  • Try creating a link to multiple.fasta
  • Run ls -l on it
  • Run ls -lH on it. what do you think is happening?