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Article #33Re: Create a 1 character file ????
From: Adam Andrews
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 13:25
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 13:25
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pjh@mccc.edu (P. J. Holsberg) writes: >I wonder why .... > I cannot create a 1 byte file with > vi > cat > microemacs >But all of these stick a newline character in without being asked! So what's wrong with echo "a">file (or, in csh, echo -n "a">file) ? -- Adam Andrews "When the going gets weird, we get even weirder." uunet!rexago8!aa or aa@rexago8.UUCP e-mail only to aa@summitis.com
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Newsgroups: comp.editors Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!rexago8!aa From: aa@rexago8.uucp (Adam Andrews) Subject: Re: Create a 1 character file ???? Message-ID: <1992Oct30.132551.7938@rexago8.uucp> Organization: Summit Information Systems References: <1992Oct29.230606.6401@mccc.edu> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 13:25:51 GMT Lines: 17