stow

Symlink manager.

Often used to manage dotfiles.

• Symlink all files recursively to a given directory:

stow --target={path/to/target_directory} {file1 directory1 file2 directory2}

• Delete symlinks recursively from a given directory:

stow --delete --target={path/to/target_directory} {file1 directory1 file2 directory2}

• Simulate to see what the result would be like:

stow --simulate --target={path/to/target_directory} {file1 directory1 file2 directory2}

• Delete and resymlink:

stow --restow --target={path/to/target_directory} {file1 directory1 file2 directory2}

• Exclude files matching a regular expression:

stow --ignore={regular_expression} --target={path/to/target_directory} {file1 directory1 file2 directory2}

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