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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4306- December 25, 2012
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 Unix Tip #4306- December 25, 2012
 
ZERO THOSE LOG FILES  
  
  
Some programs write to multiple  
log files in a directory and  
need to be zeroed out sometimes  
to save diskspace. The following  
ksh shell script will zero out  
all files with the ".log"  
extension in a directory.  
  
--- cut here ---  
for object in *.log  
do  
> $object  
print "$object has been zeroed!"  
done  
--- cut here ---  
  
Just a little time saver when  
you have 100 other things to  
be doing.  
  
  
This tip generously supported by: clankell@ucsinet.com  
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