Re: [newbie] deleting contents of a file

[Dan Ray]

Jan--

> echo -n > myfile
>
> this tells 'echo' not to follow the (empty) string with a newline, so
> the resulting file is zero length.  

Aha! Just what I didn't know I was looking for!

This command is my new nominee for best way to do it.

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Dan Ray
Director Custom Applications
Triangle Research, Inc.
http://www.triangleresearch.com