symbolic links in linux code example

Example 1: create a symlink

ln -s [/path/to/file] [/path/to/symlink]

Example 2: create symlink

ln -s source_file myfile

Example 3: create symbolic link linux

$ ln -s file1 link1
#Example: ln -s /var/file_i_want_to_link /etc/symbolic_link_name

Example 4: unix symbolic link

ln -s source_file myfile