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From: Aroop MP <aroop@poornam.com>
Subject: Re: File size
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 17:25:13 +0530
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To: Roberto Vanto <roberto-vanto@tiscali.it>, linux-admin@vger.kernel.org

You can make a file zero length by cat > foo and by typing CTRL-D
On Sunday 08 Aug 2004 5:14 pm, Roberto Vanto wrote:
> 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
>
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