How to create a file shortcut on Ubuntu using Python? [closed]

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As a better definition, how to write the following function in Python ?

def create_shortcut(source, dest):
    create a shortcut of file 'source' and put it in 'dest'

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If by "shortcut" you mean symlink, it's just

import os

os.symlink(source,dest)