stow

Symlink manager. tldr-pages

On several platforms

Several platforms

Symlink manager. Often used to manage dotfiles.

Symlink all files recursively to a given directory

stow --target path/to/target_directory path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...Identify

Delete symlinks recursively from a given directory

stow --delete --target path/to/target_directory path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...Identify

Simulate to see what the result would be like

stow --simulate --target path/to/target_directory path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...Identify

Delete and resymlink

stow --restow --target path/to/target_directory path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...Identify

Exclude files matching a regex

stow --ignore=regex --target path/to/target_directory path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...Identify