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Old 01-28-2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sysgate View Post
use "touch" to create files, or "echo", like :

Code:
touch /opt/file-${var}-more.txt
echo "" > /opt/file-${var}-more.txt
Or simply
Code:
> /opt/file-${var}-more.txt