Try this one: >foo
or, for multiple file names: for xxx in * do >$xxx done where * is any regular expression or: for xxx in a b c d e f g.c h.o g.txt ... do >$xxx done If your finger are lazier than that, I'm afraid I can't help ;-) On 06-Dec-97 Carl Mummert wrote: >Is there already a (standard) utility on a linux box to truncate a >file to 0 bytes? [Besides echo -n "" > foo, which is 1) too long for >my lazy fingers and 2) won't take multiple filenames ] > >Since I couldn't find one, I wrote a little C program to do it, but I >am still interested in whether there is already one on the system. > >Carl > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >One must imagine Sysiphus happy > > >-- >TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] . >Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . ----------------------------------------- Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] The IQ of the group is that of the member whose IQ is lowest divided by the number of members. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
