Everything you need to know

Linux doesn’t have shortcuts, but it does have Symbolic Links – or Symlinks, as they’re more commonly called. But what exactly are symbolic links? And how do you create one? Let’s find out.

We are going to try out the commands on an Ubuntu installation, although the syntax works the same on all Linux distributions. Interestingly enough, symlinks can also be created on a Mac PC.

If you need to access a file from multiple locations, simply copying it is not a good solution. You waste disk space and also make it difficult to track changes because there are multiple files.