OT: unix newbie questions

[Rene Pijlman]

Gerard Flanagan:
>* To create an empty __init__.py file I do 'vim __init__.py' then
>immediately exit vim, is there a shell or vim command which will create
>an empty file without opening the editor?

touch __init__.py

>* cd ~ brings me to my home directory, is there a means by which I can
>set up a similar alias for, say, /usr/local/www, so I can do: eg. cd ^
>to get to that directory?

You could create an alias in your shell.

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