[NTLUG:Discuss] How do I make all files in a directory of zero length?

[Fred James]

How do you define "pretty"?

Lance Simmons wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 11:49:13AM -0500, George E. Lass wrote:
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> > for FILE in *
> > do
> > if [ -f $FILE -a $FILE != cmd ]
> > then
> > > $FILE
> > fi
> > done
> >
> >
> > Then do:   chmod 777 cmd
> >            ./cmd
> 
>  for FILE in *; do > $FILE
> 
> also works.
> 
> I couldn't get the other suggestion
> 
>  cat /dev/null > *
> 
> to work; bash complains about an ambiguous redirect.
> 
> I'm happy to go with the "for ... in *; do > $..." construction,
> but I wonder if there's not a prettier way.
> 
> Thanks to everyone who replied.
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