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Subject: Re: Simple command to reset / clear all logs?
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> From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org  Wed Jan 12 10:09:51 2011
> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:04:26 +0100
> From: Redd Vinylene <reddvinylene@gmail.com>
> To: questions <questions@freebsd.org>
> Cc: 
> Subject: Simple command to reset / clear all logs?
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there a simple command to reset / clear everything in my /var/log? I've
> done a lot of testing, configuring, trial and error and most of my logs are
> just full of bullshit and I'd like a fresh start :-)

something like:
    foreach file in (/var/log/*log)
      echo "" > $file
    end

maybe ?