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# 1  
Old 03-19-2009
Need to empty
Hi,

How can I empty the files of *.txt.... in one command.
# 2  
Old 03-19-2009
empty ? you mean remove or size 0?
# 3  
Old 03-19-2009
not to remove, the size to 0...
# 4  
Old 03-19-2009
in one command you cant unless its just one file:
Code:
ant:/home/vbe $ ll file.txt
-rw-rw-rw-   1 vbe        bin           1010 Mar 19 19:50 file.txt
ant:/home/vbe $ >file.txt
ant:/home/vbe $ r ll
ll file.txt
-rw-rw-rw-   1 vbe        bin              0 Mar 19 19:51 file.txt
ant:/home/vbe $

# 5  
Old 03-19-2009
With some shells you can run a loop like this:
Code:
for f in *.txt; do > "$f";done

With others (Z shell with its mult_ios):

Code:
:>*.txt

# 6  
Old 03-19-2009
Thank you for your help, but I am trying to empty a set of txt files under one path, and not for a single one... there stands by doubt....

Thank you in advance.
# 7  
Old 03-19-2009
Thank you for your update, this script [ for f in *.txt; do > "$f";done ] worked out ...
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