Create symbolic link for file and directory under Linux

How do I create a symbolic links under Linux using command line options?
Under Linux, Symbolic links refer to a symbolic path indicating the abstract location of another file.To create symbolic link, use ln command.

ln -s [TARGET DIRECTORY OR FILE] [SHORTCUT_LINK]

for Example:

ln -s ../css css

This points a symbolic link "css" to css folder that is outside current folder.


To change where the symlink points to, append the force ("-f") option to remove the already existing one.

ln -fs [TARGET DIRECTORY OR FILE] [SHORTCUT_LINK]