A shell colon does nothing. Use it anyway. | Filip Roséen - refp.se
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I've written more shell scripts than I can count, but I still stumble upon tricks that honestly blow my mind far too often than I care to admit. Latest thing that blew my head clean off? The shell colon.
  • pelya@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    You can write true instead of : and it will look better, true is an actual command.