Unix Command Required

empty a file

[fashezee]

I need to empty out files, anyone know the command line?

[DamonHD]

cat /dev/null > fileToMakeZeroLength

Rgds

Damon

[fashezee]

Fantastic!
I've looked all morning for that snippet!
I will consider naming my first born after you!
Thank Tips!

[crevier]

I know I'm a couple weeks late, but I use this one:

> fileToMakeZeroLength

This saves a few keystrokes, and therefore allows you to go home about 3 seconds earlier.

And if it's in a shell script, then the script is smaller, leaving the disk space for more important purposes; all of which ultimately saves you money, etc. :)