How to delete symbolic links in CentOS Linux servers ?

Symbolic links : What are they ?
Symbolic links act like pointers to another file which saves hardisk space on server. They are also called softlinks as by creating a simple link to the file can just save time and space on sevrer. If you delete a Symbolic link then it is similar to delete the real file or directory. These links have different inode numbers.

How to remove symbolic links :
You can remove symbolic links using two caommands which are given below :
1). rm : it will delete each file including symbolic links.
2). unlink : it will remove single file with symbolic links.


Examples to remove symbolic links :
First start with symbolic links, let us create a soft link for trial purpose.
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# ln -s /usr/test.conf host
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You can list soft link to check it's appearence.
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# ls -l host
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Now, to delete above created symbolic link run this command.
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# rm host
OR
# unlink host
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Now we will see how to delete Symbolic Link Directory ?

First create a softlink directory throguh this command.
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# ln -s /usr/lib linkhost
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You can list soft link to check it's appearence.
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# ls -l linkhost
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Now, to delete above created symbolic link run this command.
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# rm linkhost
OR
# unlink linkhost
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Note: whenever deleting a symbolic link to a directory, do not end the target with a ‘/’ character else it will give an error.