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[-] null@slrpnk.net 40 points 6 months ago

Is there a command that's actually just for creating a new file?

[-] tranzystorek_io@beehaw.org 6 points 6 months ago

most shells will accept outputting from a silent command to a file, e.g. :> foo.txt (where : is the posix synonym to the true command)

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