On Tue, 2016-08-09 at 09:32 +1000, cs(a)zip.com.au wrote:
On 08Aug2016 16:18, Joe Zeff <joe(a)zeff.us> wrote:
>
> On 08/08/2016 04:12 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> >
> > >1aa.lwp
> >
> > on its own. The shell will open and trucate it, then close it, running
> > no command. Thus, an empty file.
>
> No. What you will get is this:
>
> bash: laa.lwp: command not found
>
> What you need is this:
>
> touch laa.lwp
You must have a very weird shell. I've been doing this literally for decades.
Works perfectly.
Ditto.
poc