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Is there anything that could help me memorise the argument order of the ln command?

I'll take anything from little helper phrases over shell extensions to replacements written in Rust. I only use the command occasionally, but I need a fool-proof solution. Do you have any tricks to get it right?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

It’s the same as cp or mv. Source dest.

[–] tburkhol 3 points 9 hours ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Think of it like making a fake copy? Source file is first, symlink is second.

[–] tburkhol 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

That's what I mean: what you're going to operate on; where you're going to put it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

Ahhh sorry I read it as a question

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