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Touch a file in Linux (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by chraebsli@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] gaterush@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

The other command could just be printf '' >> file to not overwrite it. Or even simpler >>file and then interrupt

[–] owsei@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

or :>>file then you don't need to interrupt

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

.“:>>” is “append null” right? Do you get a file with a single ASCII NUL or is it truly empty?

[–] al177 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

$ :|wc -c 0 $ touch /tmp/f; :>>/tmp/f; wc -c /tmp/f 0 /tmp/f

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