I tend to use: : > filename
Since ":" is no-op. On 03/13/15 10:54, Yves Dorfsman wrote:
For the past 25 years or so, I've always used: cat /dev/null >/path/to/filename to empty a file. Somebody just showed me: >/path/to/filename Is this "new"? I've never seen it before (and I've worked with quite a few sysadmins and devs)... Is this bash vs other shells? I feel weird not knowing this.
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