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Zester · 03-02-2005, 07:37 AM

ok, you had it coming:

how do I list symbolic links and only (symbolic links) in a certain folder?
can't find the paramater for it with the "ls" command.

Zester · 03-02-2005, 07:44 AM

oh i forgot
need to show the symbolic link and the place it points to like so:
King -> mykingfolder
Lear -> mylearfolder

anyone?

maddox · 03-02-2005, 08:19 AM

try ls -al, otherwise if you want to list only symbolic links use find command

psili · 03-02-2005, 08:32 AM

ls -al | grep '^l'

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Zester · 03-02-2005, 11:17 AM

I got this to list me the symbolic links:
find . -type -l

SplitInfinity · 03-02-2005, 12:13 PM

Just type this in your directory that you are in:

ls -la|grep ^l

SplitInfinity · 03-02-2005, 12:14 PM

Note that the ^l is ^ Ellllllll not pipe or eye or etc.

SplitInfinity · 03-02-2005, 12:14 PM

Jesters-Computer:~ chris$ ls -la|grep ^l
lrwxr-xr-x 1 chris chris 5 2 Mar 11:05 temp -> /home

Workshop_Willy · 03-02-2005, 12:18 PM

ls -l | grep \> | grep "lr"

this does a long listing and greps on ">" which indicates a link. As an added filter, you can pipe that output to another grep "lr" which are the first two characters of the permissions string on a symbolic link. This will insure that you have only symbolic links in the output.

This will only work on the current directory, as piping 'find' to 'ls' doesn't work. To search subdirectories, try this series of commands:
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shellprompt$ ls -l|grep "drw"|awk '{print "ls -l "$9" | grep \\> | grep \"lr\""}' > linksearch

shellprompt$ . linksearch

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You could put the above in an executable script and run it from anywhere.

I'm sure there are even better ways to do this. find . -name "*" -l n will work so long as you know the exact number of links a given file has, and has the advantage of walking an entire hierarchy.

I hope this helps.

willow · 03-02-2005, 12:21 PM

find . -maxdepth 1 -type l

Thats 1 as in one, and the l as in Link. So I agree with Zester.

03-02-2005, 07:37 AM	#1
Zester Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 5,344	another boring unix question ok, you had it coming: how do I list symbolic links and only (symbolic links) in a certain folder? can't find the paramater for it with the "ls" command. __________________ * Mainstream ? $65 per sale * new male contraception

03-02-2005, 07:44 AM	#2
Zester Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 5,344	oh i forgot need to show the symbolic link and the place it points to like so: King -> mykingfolder Lear -> mylearfolder anyone? __________________ * Mainstream ? $65 per sale * new male contraception

03-02-2005, 08:32 AM	#4
psili Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Loveland, CO Posts: 5,526	ls -al \| grep '^l' ? __________________ Your post count means nothing.

03-02-2005, 11:17 AM	#5
Zester Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 5,344	I got this to list me the symbolic links: find . -type -l __________________ * Mainstream ? $65 per sale * new male contraception

03-02-2005, 12:18 PM	#9
Workshop_Willy Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 452	ls -l \| grep \> \| grep "lr" this does a long listing and greps on ">" which indicates a link. As an added filter, you can pipe that output to another grep "lr" which are the first two characters of the permissions string on a symbolic link. This will insure that you have only symbolic links in the output. This will only work on the current directory, as piping 'find' to 'ls' doesn't work. To search subdirectories, try this series of commands: ------------------------------------------------- shellprompt$ ls -l\|grep "drw"\|awk '{print "ls -l "$9" \| grep \\> \| grep \"lr\""}' > linksearch shellprompt$ . linksearch ----------------------------------------------- You could put the above in an executable script and run it from anywhere. I'm sure there are even better ways to do this. find . -name "*" -l n will work so long as you know the exact number of links a given file has, and has the advantage of walking an entire hierarchy. I hope this helps. __________________ FREE Retouch - get a gratis from the best there is! Do the Mess-Around...

03-02-2005, 08:19 AM	#3
maddox Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 648	try ls -al, otherwise if you want to list only symbolic links use find command

03-02-2005, 12:13 PM	#6
SplitInfinity Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 3,047	Just type this in your directory that you are in: ls -la\|grep ^l

03-02-2005, 12:14 PM	#7
SplitInfinity Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 3,047	Note that the ^l is ^ Ellllllll not pipe or eye or etc.

03-02-2005, 12:21 PM	#10
willow Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NY, NY, USA Posts: 131	find . -maxdepth 1 -type l Thats 1 as in one, and the l as in Link. So I agree with Zester. Last edited by willow; 03-02-2005 at 12:22 PM..