create_symbolic_links_from_directory_content

xargs_realpath_ln.sh

#!/bin/bash
#this command takes the list of all files in the current directory,
#excludes all files that contain "Undetermined" in their filename
#gets the realpath for the given file
#and creates a symbolic link in the $newpath
export newpath="/this/is/the/new/path"
ls . | grep -v Undetermined | xargs -d $'\n' sh -c 'for arg do path=$(realpath "$arg"); ln -s ${path} ${newpath}"$arg"; done' _