help me list only linked files in my linux box using a shell script

Hossana · 09-06-2011, 01:59 AM

Anyone please help me to get all linked (symbolic soft links files ) to be listed in a flat file using shell scripting

Thanks,
Hosana

Hossana · 09-06-2011, 02:00 AM

I want the linked files starting with lr... to be listed in a new file

jdkaye · 09-06-2011, 02:20 AM

Why do you need this? Is this homework?
jdk

grail · 09-06-2011, 02:27 AM

What have you tried? Have you read the man page for find?

Hossana · 09-06-2011, 02:32 AM

not home work, we are jus trying to check wheather weekly backup taken from source directory restores the link files exactly so we have to create aflat file.. we aere able to take the directory check in shell script using dr -d but i dont know for linked file .. instead we can give command line like " ls -lrt | grep ^ l