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[-] gaterush@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

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

[-] owsei@programming.dev 10 points 9 months ago

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

[-] gaterush@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

that's awesome, did not know about that handy operator!

[-] owsei@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah!

it's basically a noop, I use it as a placeholder when I'm writing a script, since bash doesn't accept code blocks with no commands

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