Command-line tool

stow

brew/stow

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Organize software neatly under a single directory tree (e.g. /usr/local)

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install stow

Linux

brew install stow

Symlink all files recursively to a given directory

stow -t path/to/target_directory path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...

Delete symlinks recursively from a given directory

stow -D -t path/to/target_directory path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...

Simulate to see what the result would be like

stow -n -t path/to/target_directory path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...

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