LINK(1) User Commands LINK(1) NAME link - call the link function to create a link to a file SYNOPSIS link FILE1 FILE2 link OPTION DESCRIPTION Call the link function to create a link named FILE2 to an existing FILE1. --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit AUTHOR Written by Michael Stone. REPORTING BUGS Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: General help using GNU software: Report any translation bugs to COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO link(2) Full documentation or available locally via: info '(coreutils) link invocation' GNU coreutils 9.11 July 2026 LINK(1)