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When dealing with large data files, sometimes scattered in many directories, it is often convenient to create multiple symbolic links (symlinks) to those files in a directory where you plan to work with them. A common way to make symbolic link uses ln -s, e.g.:
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Multiple files can be linked by providing multiple file name arguments along and using the -t (targettarget) option to specify the directory where links to all the files can be created.
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What about the case where the files you want are scattered in sub-directories? Consider a typical GSAF project directory structure, where Fastq FASTQ files are nested in subdirectories:
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