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Or, at least when running Bash (possibly sh, didn't try), just >foo also works to create file "foo".

• koenigdavidmj 15y ago
  That does not work, but :>foo (the happy file creation operator) does.
  • avar 15y ago
    What do you mean it doesn't work? ">file" will work on all POSIX shells, it even works on Solaris /bin/sh! Also ":>" is not an operator, it's ":" (a built-in command that does nothing and returns true) and a redirection.
    • waitwhat 15y ago
      Like the grand-parent, I have definitely used a Unix variant (CX/SX?) which required a command to do redirection.
    • koenigdavidmj 15y ago
      It was a joke to call it an operator.