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to: Deuce
from: Corey
date: 2007-06-24 14:45:00
subject: !0 Linux Shell tricks

Re: !0 Linux Shell tricks
  By: Deuce to Angus McLeod on Sun Jun 24 2007 01:09 pm

 >   Re: !0 Linux Shell tricks
 >   By: Angus McLeod to Ibanez on Sun Jun 24 2007 10:28 am
 > 
 >  > What is the colon (":") for?  If I want an enpty file I just do
 >  >
 >  >      > filename.ext
 >  >
 >  > without a colon.
 > 
 > Portability.  Null commands are invalid in csh.  : is a shell builtin which
 > does nothing and succeeds.
 > 

the colon processes solid waste.

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