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How to determine if a file/directory is a symbolic link? 

Usage 

The -L or -H option to test.

if [ -h <file> ]; then
        echo "It is a symbolic link"
fi
if [[ -L ${FILE} ]]; then
    : symlink
else
    : not a symlink
fi

Help 

from gnu test 

-L file True if file exists and is a symbolic link.

no -h option

but -L can't be used in sh scripts! :

$ [ -L tree ] && echo aaa
test: argument expected

documented on: 11:38:03


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Last updated on 2008-06-17.
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