"Invalid null command"

[Root Boy Jim]

In <19642 at ogicse.ogi.edu> schaefer at ogicse.ogi.edu (Barton E. Schaefer) writes:
>In article <127435 at uunet.UU.NET> rbj at uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim) writes:
>} OVERKILL! There is a builtin command, `:' which works nicely,
>
>That's not a builtin command, it's a degenerate case of a label for goto!
>For instance,
>
>    empty:>splot
>
>if you think that's clearer. :-)

RTFM! An excerpt:

  Built-In Commands
     Built-in commands are executed within the  C  shell.   If  a
     built-in  command  occurs  as  any  component  of a pipeline
     except the last, it is executed in a subshell.

     :         Null command.  This command  is  interpreted,  but
               performs no action.

     alias [ name [ def ] ]

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