Re: redirecting stdout of no/empty command

[Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Damien Thébault wrote on Fri, Jan 06, 2012 at 20:07:35 +0100:
> On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 19:43, Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Isaac Huang wrote on Fri, Jan 06, 2012 at 11:34:26 -0700:
> >> Hi list,
> >>
> >> I noticed a zsh behaviour today. If I tried to run '>/dev/null' (i.e.
> >> stdout redirection of no command at all) on an interactive zsh, the
> >> zsh would actually run a 'cat', and it wouldn't exit until a ^D or ^C.
> >>
> >> The same thing on bash seemed to be a no-op.
> >
> > Actually it truncates the file.
> >
> > $ echo foo>1
> > $ >1
> > $ cat 1
> > $
> >
> 
> I have the same behaviour than Isaac:
> 

So do I.  My earleir mail described bash's behaviour, not zsh's.

> luke% zsh -f
> luke% >file1
> [Typing Hello, World^D^D]
> luke% cat file1
> Hello, World
> luke%
> 
> (It's not affecting me much since when I need to have empty input, I
> use cat /dev/null or echo -n "")
> 
> -- 
> Damien Thebault