Creating a file in csh

[Jaap Akkerhuis]

In article <1899 at sdcrdcf.UUCP> faigin at sdcrdcf.UUCP (Daniel Faigin) writes:
 > In article <1581 at ukma.UUCP> david at ukma.UUCP (David Herron, NPR Lover) writes:
 > >
 > >	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").
 > >
 > 
 > Actually, the easiest way to create an empty file in csh is:
 > 	cat < /dev/null > newfile
 > 

To contribute to this silly discussion, the most portable way
to create an empty file is:
	touch "Empty file"