---
name: "uu-ln"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "uutils-coreutils"
version: "0.12.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/uu-ln"
---

# uu-ln(1)

Make links between files.

## NAME

ln - Make links between files.

## SYNOPSIS

**ln** \[OPTION\]... \[-T\] TARGET LINK\_NAME\
 **ln** \[OPTION\]... TARGET\
 **ln** \[OPTION\]... TARGET... DIRECTORY\
 **ln** \[OPTION\]... -t DIRECTORY TARGET...

## DESCRIPTION

Make links between files.

## OPTIONS

- **--backup**\[=*\<CONTROL\>*\]

  make a backup of each existing destination file

- **-b**

  like --backup but does not accept an argument

- **-f**, **--force**

  remove existing destination files

- **-i**, **--interactive**

  prompt whether to remove existing destination files

- **-n**, **--no-dereference**

  treat LINK\_NAME as a normal file if it is a symbolic link to a directory

- **-L**, **--logical**

  follow TARGETs that are symbolic links

- **-P**, **--physical**

  make hard links directly to symbolic links

- **-s**, **--symbolic**

  make symbolic links instead of hard links

- **-S**, **--suffix** *\<SUFFIX\>*

  override the usual backup suffix

- **-t**, **--target-directory** *\<DIRECTORY\>*

  specify the DIRECTORY in which to create the links

- **-T**, **--no-target-directory**

  treat LINK\_NAME as a normal file always

- **-r**, **--relative**

  create symbolic links relative to link location

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  print name of each linked file

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print help

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print version

- \<*files*\>

  ## EXTRA

In the 1st form, create a link to TARGET with the name LINK\_NAME. In the 2nd form, create a link to TARGET in the current directory. In the 3rd and 4th forms, create links to each TARGET in DIRECTORY. Create hard links by default, symbolic links with --symbolic. By default, each destination (name of new link) should not already exist. When creating hard links, each TARGET must exist. Symbolic links can hold arbitrary text; if later resolved, a relative link is interpreted in relation to its parent directory.

The backup suffix is '~', unless set with --suffix or SIMPLE\_BACKUP\_SUFFIX. The version control method may be selected via the --backup option or through the VERSION\_CONTROL environment variable.  Here are the values:

  none, off       never make backups (even if --backup is given)\
   numbered, t     make numbered backups\
   existing, nil   numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise\
   simple, never   always make simple backups

## VERSION

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0