": > file" VS "> file"

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Published on 2010-03-18T19:09:12Z Indexed on 2010/03/18 19:11 UTC
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Is there any differences between ": > file" and "> file"?

> : > file.out
>ls -l file.out
-rw-rw----   1 user    user             0 Mar 18 21:08 file.out
> > file.out
>ls -l  file.out
-rw-rw----   1 user    user             0 Mar 18 21:08 file.out

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