Unix Tip: LINKS THAT POINT TO NOTHING

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Unix Tip 3480 - August 20, 2013

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LINKS THAT POINT TO NOTHING

find / -type l -print |perl -nle '-e || print';

This will look for all links
that are dead and print it
out. It can be piped to a file
and unlink it later. It is wise
to list the links first and save
the output to a file. This is in
case if the links are needed by
users which remove those files
temporary for testing or
housekeeping.


This tip generously supported by: tyl@computer.org


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