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The : character is a no-op character in bash, ksh, and maybe others. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7444504/explanation-of-colon-operator-in-foo-value htt
by na85 5y ago
The : character is a no-op character in bash, ksh, and maybe others.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7444504/explanation-of-colon-operator-in-foo-value https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7444504/explanation-of-c...
- teddyh 5y agoCorrection: The : character, by itself, is the name a built-in command. However, the : character is not interpreted in any special way either as part of the name of another command, or as an argument to a command. Contrast this with the characters $, [, (, etc.