[LBo] Removing a symbolic link

[Billy Pollifrone]

Jisao wrote:
> How do you remove a symbolic link?
> =

> I create one, only to realize that I did not link the right things.  How
> do I break that link so I can have the right link?
> =

> Tx.
> =

> Jisao

You remove it just like you would a normal file. Only the link is
removed, not the file it points to.

ln -s ~/myfile ~/myfile_link
rm ~/myfile_link

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Billy Pollifrone
billy @ silverbaseball . com

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