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From: faigin@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Daniel Faigin)
Newsgroups: net.unix,net.bugs
Subject: Creating a file in csh
Message-ID: <1899@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 9-Apr-85 11:42:16 EST
Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.1899
Posted: Tue Apr  9 11:42:16 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Apr-85 04:21:36 EST
References: <797@u1100a.UUCP> <254@tellab3.UUCP> <1581@ukma.UUCP>
Reply-To: faigin@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Daniel Faigin)
Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica
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Xref: watmath net.unix:4221 net.bugs:603
Summary: 

In article <1581@ukma.UUCP> david@ukma.UUCP (David Herron, NPR Lover) writes:
>
>	echo -q This creates an empty file >new.file
>
>Since, with csh, there is no longer an easy way to create an empty
>file.  (With sh one could type just ">new.file").
>

Actually, the easiest way to create an empty file in csh is:
	cat < /dev/null > newfile

Daniel
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