By the way, nano should be able to distinguish between an empty file and a nonexistent file by displaying either
[ Read 0 lines ]or[ New File ]as the status at the bottom of the screen. (You could also trycatorless, which should clearly distinguish between empty and nonexistent files.)
I did not know that this was even possible, im not terribly great with linux, i know enough to get me by with whatever i may be doing at the moment, but thats it. Thanks for this i, always willing to learn something new.
I’m glad you solved the problem!
you and me both 