LINUX: Link all files from one to another directory

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KooT picture KooT · Aug 28, 2009 · Viewed 142.6k times · Source

I want to link ( ln -s ) all files that are in /mnt/usr/lib/ into /usr/lib/

There are lots of files, how can it be done quickly? :)

Answer

user156676 picture user156676 · Aug 28, 2009 
ln -s /mnt/usr/lib/* /usr/lib/

I guess, this belongs to superuser, though.

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