Symbolic Links, Also Known as Symlinks

ln -s <path and name of the object to which the symlink will be created> <path and name of the symlink>

Example of a symlink for a file

ln -s /home/user/scripts/test.sh /home/user/test

Example of a symlink for a folder

ln -s /var/spool/asterisk/monitor/ home/user/callrecords