Shell - Clear Text File

need a shell script to clear the contents of a text file

[cookiemonster]

Hi,

I need a simple script that can clear the contents of a text (.txt) file without actually DELETING the file.
Is there any way this can be done?
Also, is there any way this can be done to clear the contents of all files with the name "hits.txt" in a given directory?

Thanks!

[lammert]

The easiest way to clear one file is to copy the null device to the text file:

/bin/cp /dev/null /somedirectory/hits.txt

For all files in the /start/directory tree with the name hits.txt, the following script might work:

/usr/bin/find /start/directory -type f -name hits.txt -exec /bin/cp /dev/null {} \;

[cookiemonster]

Thanks lammert, both commands worked perfectly!