Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!ames!scubed!piaget!jc From: jc@piaget.UUCP (John Cornelius) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: ":" as a csh command Message-ID: <148@piaget.UUCP> Date: Tue, 23-Dec-86 10:29:54 EST Article-I.D.: piaget.148 Posted: Tue Dec 23 10:29:54 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 23-Dec-86 22:40:37 EST References: <666@cullvax.UUCP> Reply-To: jc@piaget.UUCP (John Cornelius, System Manager) Organization: International Widget Lines: 19 In article <666@cullvax.UUCP> drw@cullvax.UUCP (Dale Worley) writes: >What does the ':' command to csh do? When I type > : >or ... > ... >csh doesn't seem to do anything, but if I type > : a >it says ":: Too many arguments". At least one of the functions performed by ':' is to invoke sh to interpret the rest of the file. If the first line of a command file is an unadorned ':' character, csh does not interpret it but invokes sh with the balance of the file used as input. -- John Cornelius (...!sdcsvax!piaget!jc)