# Symbolic link | | In computing, a **Symbolic Link** is a file whose purpose is to point to a file or directory by specifying a path thereto. | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [Symbolic link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link) | [[Hard Link]] ## Usage `ln -s target_path link_path` `sudo ln -s /opt/homebrew/bin/aspell /usr/local/bin/` - makes a link to aspell originally installed in homebrew directory in the /usr/local/bin directory so that you can run the program in either path ## Sources - [How to Determine Whether a File Is Hard Link or a Soft Link | Baeldung on Linux](https://www.baeldung.com/linux/file-hard-soft-link-test)