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I want to make symlinks of all files in a directory EXCEPT the existing symlinks in the directory
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I have a bash script that creates symlinks from the directories in one users directory to another users directory. I want the script to exclude existing symlinks in the source directory when creating symlinks.
bash symlink ln
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I have a bash script that creates symlinks from the directories in one users directory to another users directory. I want the script to exclude existing symlinks in the source directory when creating symlinks.
bash symlink ln
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Looks like you're reinventingstow
– muru
Apr 8 at 10:08
Thanks, I am not familiar with stow, is that similar to "install"? Also, I am on MacOs, so stow is not available for me right now. I will check it out.
– David Norden
Apr 8 at 10:24
stowis much more. It's used for managing symlinks to files from one directory to another. Lets you add, update, remove groups of symlinks. It's available via homebrew.
– muru
Apr 8 at 10:29
Ok, I will try it out, thanks for the tip!
– David Norden
Apr 8 at 10:47
I think I have to find another approach. Is there a way to find and remove files with a pattern like this (where the pattern is only that there are two underscores in the filename, separated by letters or numbers) file_name_name
– David Norden
Apr 8 at 14:48
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I have a bash script that creates symlinks from the directories in one users directory to another users directory. I want the script to exclude existing symlinks in the source directory when creating symlinks.
bash symlink ln
asked Apr 8 at 9:48
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I have a bash script that creates symlinks from the directories in one users directory to another users directory. I want the script to exclude existing symlinks in the source directory when creating symlinks.
bash symlink ln
bash symlink ln
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Looks like you're reinventingstow
– muru
Apr 8 at 10:08
Thanks, I am not familiar with stow, is that similar to "install"? Also, I am on MacOs, so stow is not available for me right now. I will check it out.
– David Norden
Apr 8 at 10:24
stowis much more. It's used for managing symlinks to files from one directory to another. Lets you add, update, remove groups of symlinks. It's available via homebrew.
– muru
Apr 8 at 10:29
Ok, I will try it out, thanks for the tip!
– David Norden
Apr 8 at 10:47
I think I have to find another approach. Is there a way to find and remove files with a pattern like this (where the pattern is only that there are two underscores in the filename, separated by letters or numbers) file_name_name
– David Norden
Apr 8 at 14:48
add a comment |
Looks like you're reinventingstow
– muru
Apr 8 at 10:08
Thanks, I am not familiar with stow, is that similar to "install"? Also, I am on MacOs, so stow is not available for me right now. I will check it out.
– David Norden
Apr 8 at 10:24
stowis much more. It's used for managing symlinks to files from one directory to another. Lets you add, update, remove groups of symlinks. It's available via homebrew.
– muru
Apr 8 at 10:29
Ok, I will try it out, thanks for the tip!
– David Norden
Apr 8 at 10:47
I think I have to find another approach. Is there a way to find and remove files with a pattern like this (where the pattern is only that there are two underscores in the filename, separated by letters or numbers) file_name_name
– David Norden
Apr 8 at 14:48
Looks like you're reinventing
stow– muru
Apr 8 at 10:08
Looks like you're reinventing
stow– muru
Apr 8 at 10:08
Thanks, I am not familiar with stow, is that similar to "install"? Also, I am on MacOs, so stow is not available for me right now. I will check it out.
– David Norden
Apr 8 at 10:24
Thanks, I am not familiar with stow, is that similar to "install"? Also, I am on MacOs, so stow is not available for me right now. I will check it out.
– David Norden
Apr 8 at 10:24
stow is much more. It's used for managing symlinks to files from one directory to another. Lets you add, update, remove groups of symlinks. It's available via homebrew.– muru
Apr 8 at 10:29
stow is much more. It's used for managing symlinks to files from one directory to another. Lets you add, update, remove groups of symlinks. It's available via homebrew.– muru
Apr 8 at 10:29
Ok, I will try it out, thanks for the tip!
– David Norden
Apr 8 at 10:47
Ok, I will try it out, thanks for the tip!
– David Norden
Apr 8 at 10:47
I think I have to find another approach. Is there a way to find and remove files with a pattern like this (where the pattern is only that there are two underscores in the filename, separated by letters or numbers) file_name_name
– David Norden
Apr 8 at 14:48
I think I have to find another approach. Is there a way to find and remove files with a pattern like this (where the pattern is only that there are two underscores in the filename, separated by letters or numbers) file_name_name
– David Norden
Apr 8 at 14:48
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you can simply use the -L operator.
user@debian:~$ touch file
user@debian:~$ ln -s file link
user@debian:~$ ls -l
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 0 avril 8 12:01 file
lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 4 avril 8 12:01 link -> file
user@debian:~$ if [[ -L file ]]; then echo "it's a link"; fi
user@debian:~$ if [[ -L link ]]; then echo "it's a link"; fi
it's a link
answered Apr 8 at 10:03
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Thanks, but it seems that option is not available on MacOS..
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you can simply use the -L operator.
user@debian:~$ touch file
user@debian:~$ ln -s file link
user@debian:~$ ls -l
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 0 avril 8 12:01 file
lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 4 avril 8 12:01 link -> file
user@debian:~$ if [[ -L file ]]; then echo "it's a link"; fi
user@debian:~$ if [[ -L link ]]; then echo "it's a link"; fi
it's a link
answered Apr 8 at 10:03
BDRBDR
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Thanks, but it seems that option is not available on MacOS..
– David Norden
Apr 8 at 10:22
add a comment |
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you can simply use the -L operator.
user@debian:~$ touch file
user@debian:~$ ln -s file link
user@debian:~$ ls -l
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 0 avril 8 12:01 file
lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 4 avril 8 12:01 link -> file
user@debian:~$ if [[ -L file ]]; then echo "it's a link"; fi
user@debian:~$ if [[ -L link ]]; then echo "it's a link"; fi
it's a link
answered Apr 8 at 10:03
BDRBDR
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Thanks, but it seems that option is not available on MacOS..
– David Norden
Apr 8 at 10:22
add a comment |
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you can simply use the -L operator.
user@debian:~$ touch file
user@debian:~$ ln -s file link
user@debian:~$ ls -l
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 0 avril 8 12:01 file
lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 4 avril 8 12:01 link -> file
user@debian:~$ if [[ -L file ]]; then echo "it's a link"; fi
user@debian:~$ if [[ -L link ]]; then echo "it's a link"; fi
it's a link
answered Apr 8 at 10:03
BDRBDR
1115
you can simply use the -L operator.
user@debian:~$ touch file
user@debian:~$ ln -s file link
user@debian:~$ ls -l
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 0 avril 8 12:01 file
lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 4 avril 8 12:01 link -> file
user@debian:~$ if [[ -L file ]]; then echo "it's a link"; fi
user@debian:~$ if [[ -L link ]]; then echo "it's a link"; fi
it's a link
answered Apr 8 at 10:03
BDRBDR
1115
answered Apr 8 at 10:03
BDRBDR
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answered Apr 8 at 10:03
BDRBDR
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Thanks, but it seems that option is not available on MacOS..
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Apr 8 at 10:22
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Thanks, but it seems that option is not available on MacOS..
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Thanks, but it seems that option is not available on MacOS..
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Looks like you're reinventing
stow– muru
Apr 8 at 10:08
Thanks, I am not familiar with stow, is that similar to "install"? Also, I am on MacOs, so stow is not available for me right now. I will check it out.
– David Norden
Apr 8 at 10:24
stowis much more. It's used for managing symlinks to files from one directory to another. Lets you add, update, remove groups of symlinks. It's available via homebrew.– muru
Apr 8 at 10:29
Ok, I will try it out, thanks for the tip!
– David Norden
Apr 8 at 10:47
I think I have to find another approach. Is there a way to find and remove files with a pattern like this (where the pattern is only that there are two underscores in the filename, separated by letters or numbers) file_name_name
– David Norden
Apr 8 at 14:48