Date: 2012nov16 Update: 2025aug21 OS: Linux Language: bash Q. Linux: How can I show the symbolic links in a folder? A. This is one way:

ls -lF | grep -- '->'

The -l and -F options for ls cause symlinks to have -> displayed. We then use grep to show only those lines. This is for the current directory. When I run that command in the /dev folder I see the links that udevd made:

cd /dev; ls -lF | grep -- '->'

Produces:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Apr 16 06:03 core -> /proc/kcore lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Apr 16 06:03 fd -> /proc/self/fd/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Apr 16 10:03 initctl -> /run/initctl| lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Apr 16 06:03 log -> /run/systemd/journal/dev-log= lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Apr 16 10:03 rtc -> rtc0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Apr 16 06:03 stderr -> /proc/self/fd/2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Apr 16 06:03 stdin -> /proc/self/fd/0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Apr 16 06:03 stdout -> /proc/self/fd/1|