Re: > Redirection

["@ Rocteur CC" <macosx@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 24 Dec 2008, at 17:21, Frank Terbeck wrote:

> @ Rocteur CC <jerry@xxxxxxx>:
> > On 24 Dec 2008, at 16:20, Chris Johnson wrote:
> > > Jerry Rocteur sent me the following 0.3K:
> > > > Sorry for this but it is bugging me an I can't find an answer.
> > > > When I type > filename
> > > > I want it to do the same as cp /dev/null filename
> > > If I read you right, I think you want to precede that command with a
> > > colon:
> > >  : > filename
> > Hi Chris,
> > That does work indeed but I want the default behaviour, I would like
> > that when I type
>
> (k)sh-like behaviour...

Correct, that is what most people grew up on ;-)

I keep having this vision of someone learning UNIX on the Z Shell and  
then getting a job where scripting is required except that the job is  
in a sh, ksh or bash environment which is probably 95% or more of all  
UNIX jobs on the market (speculation, probably 99%), wouldn't you be  
screwed ;-)

I'm going to write a book "The Z Shell for Experienced (K)sh shell  
Programmers"


> > > filename that it behaves as if I had done : > filename!
> >
> > I'm looking for a setopt that will fix this non standard behaviour.
>
> man zshparam | less -p NULLCMD

Thanks to all who replied. I am sorry I had not found that myself,  
plus I just noticed it is mentioned on page 194 of THE book!

What I need in fact is:

setopt shnullcmd

Thanks again,

Jerry

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