Creating a file without a newline
I recently was at a tech event where there was some discussion about newlines in templates. I pointed out that relying on implicit newlines in template files can lead to problems. The short discussion ended with a statement that files always end in a newline, and people moved on.
So, here are examples how you can bring a file without newlines into existence, even without an editor.
$ echo -ne "foo" > bar
$ wc -l bar
0 bar
$ cat bar
foo$ printf "foo" > baz
$ wc -l baz
0 baz
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