[GRLUG] Clear the content of a file without deleting it

[Bill Pribble]

# ll                                                                  
total 2                                                               
-rw-rw-rw-   1 root       sys             16 Dec 29 14:30 bill        
drwxr-xr-x   2 root       root            96 Dec 28 14:57 lost+found  
drwxrwxrwx   2 root       sys             96 Dec 29 12:32 tarfiles    
# > bill                                                              
# ll                                                                  
total 0                                                               
-rw-rw-rw-   1 root       sys              0 Dec 29 14:32 bill        
drwxr-xr-x   2 root       root            96 Dec 28 14:57 lost+found  
drwxrwxrwx   2 root       sys             96 Dec 29 12:32 tarfiles    
#                                                                     

Thanks
Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: grlug-bounces at grandrapids-lug.org
[mailto:grlug-bounces at grandrapids-lug.org] On Behalf Of Raymond
McLaughlin
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 2:36 PM
To: GRLUG general mailing list
Subject: Re: [GRLUG] Clear the content of a file without deleting it

Justin Denick wrote:
> holy html batman
> 
> I've liked echo  > file_name

But this leaves a one byte file, he wants to completely clear the file,
i.e 0 
byte size. (It could conceivably make a difference.) That one byte is a
line 
feed, so what you want is
     bash$ echo -n > file_name




> On 12/29/05, Bill Pribble <Bill.Pribble at haworth.com> wrote:
>>
>> #  >  file_name
>>i know there is a command that will clear the content of a file
without
>>deleting it, but i can not remember what it is
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