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Subtle greybeard update: ` :>/some/file ` still evaluates in shell, it will zero out a file (truncate) quick and dirty - the emphasis in enriquto's comment is s

Subtle greybeard update: ` :>/some/file ` still evaluates in shell, it will zero out a file (truncate) quick and dirty - the emphasis in enriquto's comment is still very important, do not include redirection chars.

diffuse_l 6y ago
You don't even need the ':'. '>/some/file' works as well.
- tremon 6y ago
  Parent's point was that starting your prompt with `:` isn't a guarantee that everything that follows is safe (to expand on the "without redirection characters" remark by the OP).
  - erlkonig 6y ago
    He did mention graybeards.