How do I remove a symlink?

macos symlink
locoboy picture locoboy · Oct 28, 2011 · Viewed 83.1k times · Source

i just created the symlink sudo ln -s /usr/local/mysql/lib/libmysqlclient.18.dylib /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.18.dylib and am wondering how i get rid of it if I wanted to. How would i do this?

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Marc B picture Marc B · Oct 28, 2011

Remove it just like you would any other file: rm /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.18.dylib. rm will remove the symlink itself, not the file the link is pointing at.

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