How to find the hard linked file?
How can I see whether a given file is hardlinked or not? like given a file how can I find how many files are sharing the same inode number? Thanks!
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Whoops, inode was a type, I meant inum. To prevent find searching outside the filesystem, add the -xdev flag, eg:
find . -xdev -type f -inum <inode_number> -ls
find . -xdev -type f -inum <inode_number> -ls
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Thank you :-)
From: http://www.basiclinuxcommands.com/2008/08/view-file-inode-directory-inode.html