command line – create empty text file from a batch file (via: Stack Overflow)
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/08/15
StackOverflow has quite a few questions on creating empty text files from a batch file.
Most answers involve the NUL special file (which is not available on one special version of Windows Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs, but can easily be retrofitted).
This is the solution I use most often:
type NUL > EmptyFile.txt
–jeroen
via: command line – How to create empty text file from a batch file? – Stack Overflow.
IL said
Ouch! Code closing tag showed up :)
jpluimers said
Fixed it.
WordPress and source code with angle brackets (greater than and less than) is often a problem. Need to find a better solution to it as it drives me nuts : even switching between text view and visual view can kill parts of your blog post.
I’ve logged numerous issues, but somehow they cannot fix it permanently: http://en.forums.wordpress.com/profile/jpluimers
–jeroen