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Can pipe the output of another command | Can pipe the output of another command | ||
ls |grep blah lists all files in the current directory whose names contain the string "blah" | ls |grep blah lists all files in the current directory whose names contain the string "blah" | ||
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| + | ==Create shortcuts in Linux (symbolic links)== | ||
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| + | ln -s /pathToTarget nameOfTheLink | ||
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| + | e.g. ln -s /var/www/html/public_html/ webDirectory | ||
| + | ln creates hard and soft links. The -s option create soft (symbolic) links to resources in other directories, even other drives. | ||
