Set default text editor (no type, creator or extension)

I would like BBedit to be the default text editor not TextEdit.
I work in Terminal a lot and often encounter files that were sent to me by someone using Linux and have no type, creator or extension. I want these to open in BBedit not TextEdit.
The problem can be recreated like this:
Create an empty file in the Terminal like this:
%touch testfile
Select testfile in the Finder and set BBedit as the application to open this file. Click the "Change all" button to make this global.
I then get an error about there being not enough information. I'm given the option to update and I do.
Then double clicking on testfile does, in fact, open the file in BBedit.
Now the rub. If I then generate another file called testfile2 like this:
%touch testfile2
Testfile 2 opens in TextEdit when double clicked in the Finder.
What am I doing wrong?

I'm not sure how to set a default for files like that. What I do for files that aren't cooperative like that is just have BBEdit (well, actually, TextWrangler for me) on the Dock and then just drag and drop them.
You could potentially use an AppleScript or shell script to set the creator code to 'R*ch' for a batch of files. Type and creator codes used to be the Mac's alternative to extensions, but they were unfortunately left behind in Mac OS X, since the rest of the computing world didn't understand them. There's still support for them hiding in the OS, though. Looks like there's a script that'll do the trick here:
http://scriptbuilders.net/files/setcreatorcodeofselection1.0.html

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