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Re: > Redirection

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From: Chris Johnson <cjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Jerry Rocteur <jerry@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: > Redirection
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:20:25 -0500
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Jerry Rocteur sent me the following 0.3K:

> Sorry for this but it is bugging me an I can't find an answer.
> 
> When I type > filename
> 
> I want it to do the same as cp /dev/null filename

If I read you right, I think you want to precede that command with a
colon:

   : > filename

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Chris Johnson
cjohnson@xxxxxxxxxx

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