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Old 08-17-2010
Question Replace all found files with an empty file?
Hi all,

I need to replace certain robots.txt files with an empty file. I use the following to find the files I want to empty out:

Code:
find /Sites -type f -name "robots.txt" -exec grep -il "STAGE" {} \;

(finds all robots.txt files which contain the string 'STAGE')

Now what do I add to this code so that any found files are replaced by an empty robots.txt file?
# 2  
Old 08-17-2010
Add following:
Code:
... | while read FILE; do echo > $FILE; done

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Old 08-17-2010
and it is indeed that simple! :-)

Thanks for the assistance!
# 4  
Old 08-18-2010
no need of echo
Code:
:>$FILE

empties the file
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