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Article #342Re: "Invalid null command"
From: Root Boy Jim
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1991 21:10
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1991 21:10
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In <19642@ogicse.ogi.edu> schaefer@ogicse.ogi.edu (Barton E. Schaefer) writes:
>In article <127435@uunet.UU.NET> rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim) writes:
>} OVERKILL! There is a builtin command, `:' which works nicely,
>
>That's not a builtin command, it's a degenerate case of a label for goto!
>For instance,
>
> empty:>splot
>
>if you think that's clearer. :-)
RTFM! An excerpt:
Built-In Commands
Built-in commands are executed within the C shell. If a
built-in command occurs as any component of a pipeline
except the last, it is executed in a subshell.
: Null command. This command is interpreted, but
performs no action.
alias [ name [ def ] ]
--
[rbj@uunet 1] stty sane
unknown mode: sane
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