ln command to create additional hard links to an existing file (but not to a directory, even though the system sets up . and .. as hard links).ln command with the -s option creates soft links. Soft links use file or directory names, which may be relative or absolute. If you are using relative names, you will usually want the current working directory to be the directory where you are creating the link. Otherwise, the link you create will be relative to another point in the file system.find command and the -samefile option with a file name or the -inum option with an inode number:find command to search for symbolic links using the -type l find expression:genisoimage, will replace an older command name, but the old name (mkisofs) is kept as a link to the new command.rm, unlink, and find commands. rmrm command followed by the symbolic link name as an argument: rm symlink_namerm you can delete more than one symbolic links at once. To do that pass the names of the symlinks as arguments, separated by space: rm symlink1 symlink2 Try -i to get confirmed./, the rm command assumes that the file is a directory. The error happens because, when used without the -d or -r option, rm cannot delete directories.unlink! Unlike rm, unlink accepts only a single argument.unlink symlink_name.find /path/to/directory -xtype lrm or unlink or use the -delete option of the find command: find /path/to/directory -xtype l -deleterm or unlink command followed by the name of the symlink as an argument. When removing a symbolic link that points to a directory do not append a trailing slash to the symlink name.