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Re: [Help-bash] What is : good for
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David Niklas |
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Re: [Help-bash] What is : good for |
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Fri, 19 Feb 2016 17:08:50 -0500 |
On Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:02:43 Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 12:27:08AM -0500, David Niklas wrote:
> > I tried a couple of things with it, but I can't think of a use.
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> It's used any place the grammar requires a command but you don't
> actually want to do anything.
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Why bother "expanding arguments and performing any specified
redirections. " then?
Thanks, David