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minus-squarekbal@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·17 days agoThere’s someone out there to whom the existence of ping -i 30 is news. The idea of using >file instead of touch file — or cp /dev/null file if it already exists — is new to me, though it doesn’t seem all that useful.
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 days agoI’ve been doing echo “” > file Useless Use of Echo I guess.
There’s someone out there to whom the existence of
ping -i 30
is news.The idea of using
>file
instead oftouch file
— orcp /dev/null file
if it already exists — is new to me, though it doesn’t seem all that useful.I’ve been doing echo “” > file
Useless Use of Echo I guess.