kevin.kempter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Thursday 20 April 2006 13:52, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Thursday 20 April 2006 14:10, Ali Helmy wrote: >>> Hey mates, >>> >>> Can anyone tell me of a method to create a file (empty, no extension) >>> from the shell? I usually use nano, vim or emacs and just save and >>> empty buffer, but is there some-other single line syntax to creating >>> a file? something like [mkdir DirName] in creating directories >> Have you never heard of 'touch'? > > Likewise you can re-direct nothing to a filename like this (without the double > quotes of course): > > "> newfile" kevin, that is the most phenomenal thing i've seen since i've started using linux. i laughed when i read it - because it's a great way to do it! although i wasn't the one asking the question, that's a great way to think outside the box. -- Anthony Website: http://messinet.com Gallery: http://gallery.messinet.com/main.php?g2_itemId=34 GnuPG Key / Fingerprint: 0xB0014A4E / 8F89 5E72 8DF0 BCF0 10BE 9967 92DC 35DC B001 4A4E Registered Linux User #389089 - Get counted!: http://counter.li.org
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