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CAT commands, to clear file

evgeneyw Page Icon Posted 2007-03-12 4:19 PM
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how do you clear a file using CAT command? i need to preserve the file itself, but empty it... it's a log file, just got too big..
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sophisticatedleaf Page Icon Posted 2007-03-13 7:42 PM
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CAT is for reading, I believe. 
$ echo eh > cat.txt 
$ cat cat.txt 

eh 

$ echo > cat.txt 

$

If you do echo > filename, it is cleared.

Edited by ProgramSynthesiser 2007-03-13 7:43 PM
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