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stow

 
Symlink manager. Often used to manage dotfiles. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/stow.
 
  • Symlink all files recursively to a given directory:
     
    stow --target={{path/to/target_directory}} {{file1 directory1 file2 directory2}}
     
  • Delete symlinks recursively from a given directory:
     
    stow --delete --target={{path/to/target_directory}} {{file1 directory1 file2 directory2}}
     
  • Simulate to see what the result would be like:
     
    stow --simulate --target={{path/to/target_directory}} {{file1 directory1 file2 directory2}}
     
  • Delete and resymlink:
     
    stow --restow --target={{path/to/target_directory}} {{file1 directory1 file2 directory2}}
     
  • Exclude files matching a regular expression:
     
    stow --ignore={{regular_expression}} --target={{path/to/target_directory}} {{file1 directory1 file2 directory2}}

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