Simple ln wrapper with more intuitive syntax (link name and target path are swapped, symbolic by default)

lk

#!/bin/bash

backup=false
control=""

force=false
interactive=false
logical=false
dereference=true
relative=false
symbolic=true
suffix=""
verbose=false

positional=()
count=0

while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
  case "$1" in
    -b)
      backup=true
      shift;;
    --backup)
      backup=true
      control="$2"
      shift; shift;;
    -f|--force)
      force=true
      shift;;
    -i|--interactive)
      interactive=true
      shift;;
    -L|--logical)
      logical=true
      shift;;
    -n|--no-dereference)
      dereference=false
      shift;;
    -r|--relative)
      relative=true
      shift;;
    -H|--hard)
      symbolic=false
      shift;;
    -S|--suffix)
      suffix="$2"
      shift; shift;;
    -v|--verbose)
      verbose=true
      shift;;
    -*|--*)
      echo "unknown option $1"
      exit 1;;
    *)
      positional+=("$1")
      ((count++))
      shift;;
  esac
done

if [ "$count" = 0 ]; then
  echo -e 1>&2 you must specify link name and target path: \\n$ lk link-name target-path
  exit 1
fi

if [ "$count" = 1 ]; then
  echo -e 1>&2 you must specify link target path: \\n$ lk link-name target-path
  exit 1
fi

if [ "$count" -gt 2 ]; then
  echo 1>&2 too many files specified
  exit 1
fi

link="${positional[0]}"
target="${positional[1]}"

ln "$([ -n "$control" ] && echo --backup="$control" || $backup && echo -b)"  \
   $($force && echo --force)                                               \
   $($interactive && echo --interactive)                                 \
   $($logical && echo --logical)                                       \
   $(! $dereference && echo --no-dereference)                        \
   $($relative && echo --relative)                                 \
   $($symbolic && echo --symbolic)                               \
   "$([ -n "$suffix" ] && echo --suffix="$suffix")"            \
   $($verbose && echo --verbose)                             \
   "$target"                                               \
   "$link"