Usage: ln [OPTION]... [-T] TARGET LINK_NAME

or: ln [OPTION]... TARGET

or: ln [OPTION]... TARGET... DIRECTORY

or: ln [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY TARGET...

In the 1st form, create a link to TARGET with the name LINK_NAME.

In the 2nd form, create a link to TARGET in the current directory.

In the 3rd and 4th forms, create links to each TARGET in DIRECTORY.

Create hard links by default, symbolic links with --symbolic.

By default, each destination (name of new link) should not already exist.

When creating hard links, each TARGET must exist. Symbolic links

can hold arbitrary text; if later resolved, a relative link is

interpreted in relation to its parent directory.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

--backup[=CONTROL] make a backup of each existing destination file

-b like --backup but does not accept an argument

-d, -F, --directory allow the superuser to attempt to hard link

directories (note: will probably fail due to

system restrictions, even for the superuser)

-f, --force remove existing destination files

-i, --interactive prompt whether to remove destinations

-L, --logical dereference TARGETs that are symbolic links

-n, --no-dereference treat LINK_NAME as a normal file if

it is a symbolic link to a directory

-P, --physical make hard links directly to symbolic links

-r, --relative create symbolic links relative to link location

-s, --symbolic make symbolic links instead of hard links

-S, --suffix=SUFFIX override the usual backup suffix

-t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY specify the DIRECTORY in which to create

the links

-T, --no-target-directory treat LINK_NAME as a normal file always

-v, --verbose print name of each linked file

--help display this help and exit

--version output version information and exit

The backup suffix is '~', unless set with --suffix or SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX.

The version control method may be selected via the --backup option or through

the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable. Here are the values:

none, off never make backups (even if --backup is given)

numbered, t make numbered backups

existing, nil numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise

simple, never always make simple backups

Using -s ignores -L and -P. Otherwise, the last option specified controls

behavior when a TARGET is a symbolic link, defaulting to -P.

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ln>

or available locally via: info '(coreutils) ln invocation'