On 9/15/25 2:34 PM, Michael D. Setzer II via users wrote:
Have a script I've use for years, and had assumed it was left over
things, but recently did a clean install on machine and it has about
2/3 that of a machine that has had many updates over years.

/findbadlink

find . -xtype l >/badlinks 2>ERR
grep -v '/proc\|/run' </badlinks >/badlinks-clean

run in / to check system.

# wc -l badlinks*
   1324 badlinks
    696 badlinks-clean

Machine with clean install of Fedora 42 has 965 and 487.

Is this normal?
Is it something just to ignore?
Is it something that should be fixed?
If so what would be best method?

Only the second number has any relevance, but you'll need to see what it's finding.

"find / -xdev -xtype l" might be a better option. It will exclude /run, /proc, /sys, /home (if mounted separately), any external drives, etc.

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