Working on bash...

create_link.sh

# steps in bash

# access home folder
cd ~ 
# create a folder called cloud
mkdir cloud
# access the new folder
cd cloud 
# create a file
touch myfirstfile 

# now create a link in home folder 
cd ..
# creates a symbolik link
ln -s ./cloud/myfirstfile ./myfirstlink 
# edit our file using the link
nano ./myfirstlink
# do some edits and then check them in your original file
cat ./cloud/myfirstfile
# create another but hard link
ln ./cloud/myfirstfile ./myfirsthardlink 
# delete our symbolic link
rm ./myfirstlink
# make sure our file is still there
ls ./cloud
# recreate our symboliklink
ln -s ./cloud/myfirstfile ./mysecondlink 
# now let's delete the file
rm ./cloud/myfirstfile
# watch that our hardlink and of course all file contents are still there
cat ./myfirsthardlink
# what happened to our symbolic link?