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03-01-04, 04:26

doctorrossi doctorrossi is offline

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Hi,
what 's unix command (ksh) for move to zero byte a large file, without remove it , or renaming?
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03-01-04, 05:04

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Re: delete file

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Hi,
what 's unix command (ksh) for move to zero byte a large file, without remove it , or renaming?
Thank!

try cat <one space> > filename

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03-01-04, 05:21

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Code:

cp /dev/null > filename

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> filename

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03-01-04, 07:17

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