On 6/4/20 1:34 PM, Eric Blake wrote: >>> in your definition would >>> >>> echo -n foo > file >>> >>> (so no newline, but non zero length) >> >> No, the file has zero length: >> >> $ echo -n >file > > You missed the 'echo -n foo' that prints 3 bytes to file.
Ah sorry, indeed I did. In that case my interpretation indeed agrees with yours.