echo command always prints its arguments

[Little Guy]

-> >	echo -q This creates an empty file >new.file
-> >
-> >Since, with csh, there is no longer an easy way to create an empty
-> >file.  (With sh one could type just ">new.file").
-> 
-> 	cp /dev/null new.file
-> 
-> works with either shell. :-)
-> 
-> 	Ken

What's wrong with echo -n "" > new.file   ???
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