Putting a # in front of a command in bash won't do anything bad. All it does is comment it out, so by putting # in front of a command it won't run the command.
Cheers, -- Personal: Trevor Lauder Web: http://www.thelauders.net E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: Trevor Lauder Technical Services Specialist Wireless Networks Inc. Web: http://www.wirelessnetworksinc.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Graham Monk said: > Jesse Kline wrote: > >>On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 11:14, Graham Monk wrote: >> >> >> >>>Would that # # with the touch command have caused >>>any problems? I did get the space between touch and /var/ >>> >>> >> >>The # usually denotes a root prompt. In bash you will see a $ is you >> are a normal user, and a # if you are root. You do not need to add in >> your own #. touch is the command you want to use. It will create a >> blank file that you specify in $1. >> >>Jesse >> >> > I understand I should not have put in the extra #, however I did put it > in the first > time, will this have done anything it shouldn't have? Will I have to > correct it? > > Thanks Graham
