Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:27:14 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <ateve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Empty logfiles Message-ID: <20120829222714.78ac751d.ateve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <503E7495.7050306@webrz.net> References: <503E7495.7050306@webrz.net>
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On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 21:59:17 +0200
Jos Chrispijn <ports@webrz.net> wrote:
> Stupic question: I have a directory with 120 logfiles (extension *.log).
> Can someone tell me how I can empty these logfiles in one command?
> I thought 'echo > *.log' would work, but no way K-)
find . -name \*.log -exec truncate {} \;
man find and man truncate for the gory details.
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Steve O'Hara-Smith <ateve@sohara.org>
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