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Finkregh/remove dotfile symlinks.sh

Created April 7, 2023 16:46
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  1. Finkregh created this gist Apr 7, 2023.
    13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions remove dotfile symlinks.sh
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    # this expects your dotfiles in .dotfiles

    for l in $(
    for link in $(find . -type l); do
    if readlink "$link" | grep -q ".dotfiles"; then
    echo "$link"
    fi
    done
    ); do
    echo /bin/cp --remove-destination "$(realpath "$l")" "$l"
    done | tee symlinks-todo.sh

    # then look at symlinks-todo.sh and if content is ok run it