"Invalid null command"

[Barton E. Schaefer]

In article <127435 at uunet.UU.NET> rbj at uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim) writes:
} In article <PPDuZ1w164w at dogface>  writes:
} ?rcd at ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes:
} ?> [users] are occasionally annoyed to find that csh rejects this syntax
} ?> with the confusing message "Invalid null command".
} ?
} ?What about
} ?	cat /dev/null > splot
} 
} OVERKILL! There is a builtin command, `:' which works nicely,

That's not a builtin command, it's a degenerate case of a label for goto!
For instance,

    empty:>splot

if you think that's clearer. :-)
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Z-Code Software Corporation                             schaefer at cse.ogi.edu