#!/bin/bash ## usage USAGE="USAGE: $(basename "$0") source_file dest_dir" readonly USAGE function help_message() { printf "%s\n" "$USAGE" } ## check parameters if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then help_message exit 0 fi ## vars SOURCE=$1 readonly SOURCE TARGET="$( cd -- "$2" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit pwd -P )" readonly TARGET ## test vars if ! test -f "${SOURCE}"; then exit 0 fi if ! test -d "${TARGET}"; then exit 0 fi ## create link ln -s "${SOURCE}" "${TARGET}"/"$(basename "${SOURCE}")"