Create a soft link for fileA named softlinkA. (Verify using ls -l)

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To create a soft link (symbolic link) for fileA
named softlinkA
, follow these steps:
Step 1: Create the soft link
bashCopyEditln -s fileA softlinkA
Step 2: Verify using ls -l
bashCopyEditls -l
Expected Output:
sqlCopyEditlrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 6 Mar 29 12:34 softlinkA -> fileA
l
at the beginning indicates a symbolic link.softlinkA -> fileA
shows thatsoftlinkA
points tofileA
.
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