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HTML
45 lines
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HTML
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
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<html>
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<head>
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<meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org">
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content=
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"text/html; charset=utf-8">
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<title>colon (:) - Null utility</title>
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<LINK rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../rzahg/ic.css">
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</HEAD>
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<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
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<!-- Java sync-link -->
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<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="Javascript" SRC="../rzahg/synch.js" TYPE="text/javascript"></SCRIPT>
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<h2>colon (:) - Null utility</h2>
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<strong>Synopsis</strong>
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<p><strong>:</strong> [ <em>argument</em> ... ]</p>
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<p><strong>Description</strong></p>
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<p>You can use <strong>colon</strong> where you must have a
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command, but you do not want the command to do anything. For
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example, in the <strong>then</strong> condition of an <strong>
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if</strong> command.</p>
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<p><strong>Options</strong></p>
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<p>None.</p>
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<p><strong>Operands</strong></p>
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<p>Each <em>argument</em> is expanded.</p>
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<p><strong>Exit Status</strong></p>
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<ul>
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<li>0 when successful.</li>
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</ul>
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</body>
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</html>
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