diff --git a/test_symlink.rs b/test_symlink.rs
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+++ b/test_symlink.rs
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+use testscript_rs::testscript;
+
+#[test]
+fn test_symlink() {
+    testscript::run("/tmp")
+        .filter_file("test_symlink.txtar")
+        .execute()
+        .unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/testdata/test_symlink.txt b/testdata/test_symlink.txt
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+++ b/testdata/test_symlink.txt
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+# Test symlink functionality
+symlink original.txt link.txt
+exists link.txt
+exec cat link.txt
+stdout "original content"
+
+-- original.txt --
+original content
\ No newline at end of file