On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 14:23:51 -0400 (EDT), Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 6/29/2013 12:19 PM, Tixy wrote: >> >> truncate -s %80 FILENAME >> >> Will pad with zero's to round size up to a multiple of 80. > > That'll teach me to read all posts before replying. Question: > > Does this append ASCII zeros to the end of the file, or nulls? Stephen > asked for nulls, and you state "zero's" above.
It appends hex zeros (0x00), or nulls. Also known as ^@ characters. The ASCII zero is 0x30. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/75239159.1946418.1372533440767.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com