On Monday, July 30, 2012 1:24:31 PM UTC-5, Gary Johnson wrote: > > > > 'echo "" > filetowipe' would be a new file, I want to edit the same file. > > > > I'm not following you. I didn't suggest redirecting to a new file. > > I suggested redirecting to the same file name you used in your > > example. Further, I didn't suggest using echo--I suggested simply > > this command (shown this time without the shell prompt): > > > > > largefile > > > > where 'largefile' is the name of the file you wish to empty. > > >
That's partially my fault for using a different file name in my example. I thought it would be fairly obvious what I was doing. I *did* use echo because I didn't realize you could do without it. I meant to use Tony's cp /dev/null method instead but couldn't remember the exact path off the top of my head (I'm still not very good at Unix). -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
