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08-05-2017, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by scasey

In my experience, redirection to a non-existent file will create the file. Why do you say they need to be "[made] with touch"?

Just wanting to understand...

Thanks!

Some programs are written to create a file on redirection. Others are not. I guess I should have said, "might".

Last edited by AwesomeMachine; 08-05-2017 at 06:37 PM.

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