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From: Sascha Retzki <lantis@iqranet.info>
Subject: Re: File size
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 14:01:41 +0200
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Am So, 2004-08-08 um 13.44 schrieb Roberto Vanto:
> Anindya Mozumdar ha scritto:
> > Hi,
> >    How can I make a file zero length without deleting the contents of
> >    the file manually through an editor ?
> > Anindya.
> > -
> 
> man touch
> 
> touch foo

touch changes the timestamp if the file exists. It sounds like the file
already exists. btw, You don't need to delete it through an editor, "rm
foo ; touch foo" would do it, too. ;-)

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