create and delete symbolic links in linux

Create a symlink

ln -s /path/to/file/or/dir /path/to/symbolic/link

Delete a symlink

 unlink /path/to/symbolic/link

Example:

Create a symlink for file.gz which is placed in /home dir

ln -s /home/file.gz /home/user/file.gz

Delete the symlink for file.gz

unlink /home/user/file.gz

or simply delete the symbolic link with the rm command

rm /home/user/file.gz