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02-24-2006
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remove the contents of a file
Hi
Let say a flat file contains 1000 lines. The cursor is at the 530 line number. Now I like to delete all the line at one ahot. how it can be done? |
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02-24-2006
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You want to empty the file ? At the prompt give Code:
> file.name Within the editor (say vi), give Code:
:g/.*/d |
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03-02-2006
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or u can type something like this: # cat /dev/null > filename where "filename" is the file u want to empty at one shot  |
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