[olug] Unix Tip: LINKS THAT POINT TO NOTHING

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			Unix Tip 2048 - August 10, 2003

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LINKS THAT POINT TO NOTHING

find / -type l -print |perl -nle '-e || print';

This will look for all links 
that are dead and print it 
out.  It can be piped to a file 
and unlink it later. It is wise 
to list the links first and save 
the output to a file. This is in 
case if the links are needed by 
users which remove those files 
temporary for testing or 
housekeeping.


This tip generously supported by: tyl at computer.org


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