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From: jaap@mcvax.UUCP (Jaap Akkerhuis)
Newsgroups: net.unix,net.bugs
Subject: Re: Creating a file in csh
Message-ID: <603@mcvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 15-Apr-85 00:21:51 EST
Article-I.D.: mcvax.603
Posted: Mon Apr 15 00:21:51 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 17-Apr-85 01:28:02 EST
References: <797@u1100a.UUCP> <254@tellab3.UUCP> <1581@ukma.UUCP> <1899@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Reply-To: jaap@mcvax.UUCP (Jaap Akkerhuis)
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In article <1899@sdcrdcf.UUCP> faigin@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Daniel Faigin) writes:
 > 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
 > 

To contribute to this silly discussion, the most portable way
to create an empty file is:
	touch "Empty file"