Using bash to automate dotfiles

Question

I want to create my own automated dotfiles folder. (I\'ll be using git to use version control on my dotfiles, but that\'s irrelevant for the question)

What i simply want

Answer 1

Give this a try:

ln -s ~/dotfiles/* ~

There shouldn't be any need for a loop. Of course, you can use find if you need something recursive.

Edit:

To make the destination files hidden:

for f in ~/dotfiles/*
do
    ln -s "$f" "$HOME/.${f##*/}"
done