hello
what is the difference between :
touch /home/toto
and
> /home/toto
thank you
Touch will create the specifie file with no data in it
If the file already exists it will change its last access time
> /dir/file
is the path of the specified file
Rather than the above, the command below (in red)
[sh-2.05b$] :>/home/toto
will create a file if it does not exist.
If it exists, it will clear the contents.
touch on the other hand will not clear the contents. But it will update the timestamp.
vino
> /home/toto
:>/home/toto
are both legal and will have the same result.
True.
And thanks.
-vino
thank you for all responses !
