What is a symbolic link (symlink)?

Symlinks are often used in programming and software development. They can be tricky to understand but with a simple demo you can grasp the concept quickly and use them to your advantage. Symbolic links can be hugely helpful when used properly.
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[@user-no1sg9xt2t]

very informative, thanks a lot!

[@davidzwitser]

I'm glad you specified that you did not actually have something important you want to say, and you ware just claiming that you did. Otherwise I would have wanted to know what the important thing was you wanted to say

[@LostOnceLefthanded]

Seems like importatn command. Thank you for the thorough video!

[@cristhianjesus8978]

Thank you for the video! Helped me a lot to understand what symlink is.

[@elnurvalikhanli6783]

short and sweet

[@sarathkumarbabji5188]

how to do symbolic link for recent file/directory which will be created automatically.
eg: we have 2 directory a and b , we need to refer to the newest directory always . if c is created then it should refer c

[@harinijeyaraman8789]

Thanks for the video !!

[@firozalam2749]

great teacher

[@PAD637]

Indeed helpful insight. Thanks :)

[@ganeshbhat8587]

Great information! Thank you!

[@yawacheampong6307]

thanks very insightful

[@tugaric]

wait how does this help me :( you didn't explain why they are even useful ?

[@tuharjoshi2285]

Good Explanation

[@ReadWriteExercise]

Thank you! 🙏

[@yatheshtpoonia9225]

so it kinda works like a pointer

[@computinghub9550]

In short, we can say that a symbolic link is just like a normal shortcut we create. Am I right?

[@ReadWriteExercise]

Yes, that's it!

[@luisbernardo2105]

Noooo!! It's not a shortcut