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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 12:39:28 +0200
From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl>
To: CARTER Anthony <a.carter@cordis.lu>
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On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 12:27:46PM +0200, CARTER Anthony wrote:
> How do I clean the contents of text files without actually removing the f=
iles?

$ echo -n > $FILE

Works for me, there are various other ways. You will end up with a 0-byte
file, is that what you mean by 'cleaning'?

--Stijn

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