Device is not recognized after mistakenly removing device instead of symbolic link to the device

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Device is not being detected after removing a device. In attempt to remove the symbolic link to the device file, the device was mistakenly removed instead.
  • How to re-detect the device after removing the symbolic link to the device file?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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