ln

Create hard or symbolic links to files.

Runs as ln|macOS, Linux, Windows

Open form in Otty otty.toml

Command form

ai-draft · 2 tasks · 7 fields

Create a hard or symbolic link. Options not present in the completion data are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui ln

Create linkExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Target*

any

Link name or directory*

any

Replace existing link

-f

Verbose

-v

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Symbolic link

sourcelink_nameforceverbose

Hard link

sourcelink_nameverbose

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Target

Existing file or directory the link points to.
path · positional 0

Link name or directory

path · positional 1

Symbolic link

boolean

-s

Replace existing link

Unlink an existing destination first.
boolean

-f

Prompt before replacing

boolean

-i

Do not follow symlinks

boolean

-h

Verbose

boolean

-v

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

fig

completion

github.com

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed ln against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.