How can I reference a section by number in org-mode export?

Question

I\'m working in org-mode and trying to generate a link to reference a section by its number, not its title.

* Section One
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: sec:one
:END:
         


        

Answer 1

Tom Regner's approach works, however, you don't have to use dedicated target, you can still use custom_id link, but without a description. Like this:

* Section One
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: sec:one
:END:

* Section Two
You can reference Section One with [[#sec:one]] but NOT
[[#sec:one][Section One]], i.e., the link without description
will get you the actual section number (1).