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Create or repoint a symbolic link

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Caution: This command changes the system. Understand what it does before you run it.

Adjust the values, the command updates live
user@server
ln -sfn -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/releases/2026-10-10 /var/www/vhosts/example.com/current

Creates LINK as a symbolic link to ZIEL. -f replaces an existing link, -n makes sure a link to a directory is replaced instead of a new link being created inside it. This switches something like current to a new release in one step.

Note: -f also replaces a regular file named LINK. Check what is there with ls -l first.

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Copy a directory with its contents

$cp -a -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/mytheme /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/mytheme-copy
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Create a directory including parent folders

$mkdir -p -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/private/backups/2026
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Delete a directory with all its contents

$rm -rI -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/old
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Find broken symbolic links

$find /var/www/vhosts/example.com -xtype l -ls
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List all symbolic links with their targets

$find /var/www/vhosts/example.com -type l -printf '%p -> %l\n'
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List directory contents with permissions and sizes

$ls -lAh --group-directories-first -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs
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