Re: !0 Linux Shell tricks
  By: Ibanez to Deuce on Sun Jun 24 2007 02:35:00

 >  > For example, to create an empty file... rather than use
"touch empty" use
 >  > ":>empty" which works in every shell I've used,
not just bash.
 >  >
 >  > THAT'S a shell trick.  :-)
 > 
 > Works here on OS X. Both on my old box (Panther) and the new (Tiger).
 > 
 > Cool stuff. :D

What is the colon (":") for?  If I want an enpty file I just do

	> filename.ext

without a colon.

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