Shell Scripting Tutorial-7: Create Copies, Links to Files & Directories

In this tutorial you'll learn to create copies of files and directories using 'cp' and also to create soft and hard links to files using 'ln' command.

[NaAmericaKastaalu]

Hi Sir, I've gone through many shell scripting videos in YouTube. But your way of explaining is ultimate👌👌👌 Thanks a ton !!

[elsaelghorayeb]

Awesome tutorials!! the best part is they are short videos and straight to the point! love it! thank you

[andriamichaels]

can't wait to put shell scripting on my resume after this course

[SuperAnkush]

Thanks for these tutorials...am loving them as they are short and apt....so we dont get bored at Keep it up....

[nazik]

Hi Madhur, your tutorials are so useful, keep it up.

[dhimandas]

excellent... simple and informative... it's good that you used the GUI to differentiate between hardlink and softlink

[Shridhar]

So simple, so lucid love this series :D

[saminkhan]

thank you so much sir your way of teaching is damn high

[aabhishekpandey]

good! crisp and informative tutorial! Thanks for the video!!!! 3 cheers!

[vishroxx]

Please get your CPU fan corrected as it's giving odd background music to your video.
Thanks for this upload, much useful.

[pukka]

Hello Madhur,
Are we going to learn tmux and some networking stuff like sys admin?

Thanks nice tutorials btw

[vishroxx]

Just because you created a new file after old, your old cpu fan is making more furious sound. :)

[asieharati]

I'm using these commands on apple terminal. So fart it's been ok but 'ln' command doesn't work. when I make changes to 'old' and save, it does not appear in 'new'.

[mallikarjunchanda]

hello madhur, i am not able to create soft link by your command. it is neither creating a file with short cut symbol nor contains the value of my root file. can you suggest?

[nojavau]

ln -s is a "Symbolic" link not a "Soft" link...Good

[kiranuttam]

Hi Madhur, i feel great to find this link on you tube.I want to know where the link concept is used in real time.

[Janv]

Hi Madhur What will happen if i make changes to duplicate copy rather than original one

[satindersingh]

Hard link does not work for directories, but your video says it works.

[kashishshah]

So i tried this ln command the issue coming up is that the file already exists
ln: failed to create hard link ‘new’: File exists

But when
i type :-
It perfectly hardlinks the file. Why?

[madhupagadoju]

how to create hard and softlink for directories
and cpoies of directories
thanks