Is there a way to list or find files that have soft links (ln)

[Vinod Tandon]

Is there a way to find all files under a directory that have soft links (created using UNIX ln -s)?

I need find such files and create new links.

Thanks in advance

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi Vinod:

# find /path -xdev -type l -exec ls -ld {} +

Regards!

...JRF...

[Steven Schweda]

> Is there a way [...]

Exactly what you want is not clear to me. An
example might help.

Using "find [...] -type l [...]" is an easy
way to find find symbolic links. If you wish
to find all symbolic links which point to a
particular file, then you have a harder
problem.

[John Guster]

if you want know all the links under a directory, "ls -l|grep ^l" should do.

[Dennis Handly]

>I need find such files and create new links.
>find /path -xdev -type l -exec ls -ld {} +

You know the answer to your next question on how to crack the ll(1) output to create a bunch of "ln -s" commands?

[Suraj K Sankari]

Hi,
>>Is there a way to list or find files that have soft links (ln)
Yes

#ls -lrt | grep ^l ( for current directiory)
you can use find for any perticular FS

#find /opt -type l -exec ls -lrt {} \;

Suraj