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1. softmetz GNU's Not Unix , Linux

   How can I find all symbolic links that link to a known file? !linux !bash !gnu

   Sunday, 14-Feb-10 11:26:19 UTC from seesmic
   • Vitaliy Kulikov repeated this.
   • Alexandre Oliva

     @softmetz get the inode number with ls -i, then use find -follow -inum <number> from the root of the filesystem

     Sunday, 14-Feb-10 11:35:29 UTC
   • Rafał Maj

     @softmetz you could scan entire filesystem with find and use -exec or some flag to check if given files points to your target file

     Sunday, 14-Feb-10 11:37:28 UTC
   • softmetz Alexandre Oliva

     @lxoliva thx. #find #symbolic #link

     Sunday, 14-Feb-10 11:37:36 UTC
   • softmetz Rafał Maj

     @rmaj Wouldn´t that be slow since it would start a process on each file? #find #symbolic #link

     Sunday, 14-Feb-10 11:42:40 UTC
   • Rafał Maj

     @softmetz better use with -type to check only links. Also -L option + -printf looks interesting. Write your solution when done :)

     Sunday, 14-Feb-10 11:54:31 UTC
   • softmetz Alexandre Oliva , Rafał Maj

     @rmaj @lxoliva I´ve got that beast: find -L / -inum "$(ls -di $file | cut -f1 -d' ')" -printf %p Unfortunally it prints lot of loop warnings

     Sunday, 14-Feb-10 12:00:56 UTC
   • Michał Masłowski

     @softmetz loops are common on /proc and similar filesystems, use -xdev to avoid these warnings

     Sunday, 14-Feb-10 12:09:55 UTC
   • Ty John

     @softmetz 'man find' - Look at the '-lname' option

     Sunday, 14-Feb-10 12:29:51 UTC
   • softmetz Alexandre Oliva , Ty John , Rafał Maj

     @archtynix Gosh! -lname. That was exactly what I searched for. @rmaj @lxoliva that guy is actually smarter than you. :-) #find #links

     Sunday, 14-Feb-10 14:26:27 UTC
   • ve2dmn

     @softmetz check the man page for 'find'. The argument you are looking for is -lname (or -ilname) (ex: "sudo find /sbin -ilname lvm" )

     Sunday, 14-Feb-10 15:52:02 UTC