>>>>> "Shridhar" == Shridhar Daithankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Shridhar> On 26 Aug 2002 at 0:31, Vicky Plaha wrote:
>> > ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) >
>> ]###########################
>> >
>> > Sub : Creating an empty file (#1) > LOST #200
>> >
>> > To quickly create an empty file, use 'echo "" > > filename'
>> or > with bsd style shells like ash and bash, a simple '> >
>> filename' > will do the trick. These create a blank zero byte >
>> file.
>> >
>> >
>> ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#############################
Shridhar> Where did touch go?
Further, echo "" > file will create a file with one character
(newline), not an empty file.
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