How to Identify Symbolic Links
- 1). Open a command prompt shell. For example, if using Mac OS X, open the Terminal utility.
- 2). Navigate to the desired directory. For example, type "cd /" without quotes to change to the root directory.
- 3). Type "ls -lah | grep ^l" without quotes, and then press "Enter" to display the symbolic links within the current directory. This command filters out any file that is not a symbolic link.
- 4). Type "exit" to end the command-prompt session.
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