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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.
Caput meum major podice meo.
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