How to check whether a link is a hard one or a soft link?

1.	How to check whether a link is a hard one or a soft link?
Answer» We can use -H and -L OPERATORS of the test command to check WHETHER a link is HARD or SOFT (symbolic link). -h file //true if the file is a symbolic link -L file //true if the file is a symbolic link One can also use: readlink FILE; echo $? // This returns 1 if it's a hard link and 0 if it's a symbolic link.

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We can use -H and -L OPERATORS of the test command to check WHETHER a link is HARD or SOFT (symbolic link).

One can also use:

readlink FILE; echo $? // This returns 1 if it's a hard link and 0 if it's a symbolic link.

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