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If the file does not exist, then vim +'normal Go' +'r!date' ~/did.txt creates a file with the first two lines being blank.

• theptrk 8y ago
  hm, good thinking, I guess I should run `touch` to create the empty file first.
  • JadeNB 8y ago
    > hm, good thinking, I guess I should run `touch` to create the empty file first. vim is perfectly fine if you invoke it with the name of a non-existent file; it will just create it.