large link to /usr/bin/X11

[J]

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 15:43, MirJafar Ali <mirjafarali at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there any way to find number of unique files in the Linux system  without
> such recursive
> link ?   I am not sure what happens at "inode" entry with such links ?

depends on what you consider unique files...

THe stuff in /dev are technically files, though they don't actually exist.

Same with stuff in /proc and /sys to some degree...

Also, directories are technically files as well and each directory is
unique (unless it's a symlink)...

This would be a good place to start:
http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/sect_07_01.html

also

man test