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

[Fred James]

The only warning here would be that you lose you inode number, if that
is important, as it is sometimes.

sysmail at glade.net wrote:
> 
> To truncate all the files in a directory, how about:
> 
> for furt in ./* ; do
> rm $furt
> touch $furt
> done
> 
> or, if you need to traverse directories,
> 
> for slimemold in `find . -type f` ; do
> rm $slimemold
> touch $slimemold
> done
> 
> Naturally, you don't have to 'touch $slimemold' - the variable can be
> anything you want, within reason. Just don't name the the variable
> 'yourself'.  Bad form to touch $yourself...
> 
> Be aware if you truncate open files (such as active log files), you
> won't get the results you want.  For log files, check out logrotate.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Carl
> 
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> On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Lance Simmons wrote:
> 
> > I want to go into a directory and make all the files of zero
> > length. What's the easiest way to do this?
> >
> > Do I need to save the filenames, delete the files, and then
> > touch the saved filenames?
> >
> > Is there a more direct way to achieve the result I'm looking for?
> >
> >
> 
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