Creating files
Cameron Simpson
cs at zip.com.au
Thu Apr 20 21:17:05 UTC 2006
On 20Apr2006 15:26, Anthony Messina <amessina at messinet.com> wrote:
| kevin.kempter at dataintellect.com wrote:
| > 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.
Heh. We used to operate tape drives similarly, disparaging the use of
the mt command:
< /dev/st0 # rewind
< /dev/nst0 # fast forward one file
As mentioned:
> filename # truncate file, creating if necessary
>> filename # create file if necessary, but to not destroy data
Cheers,
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