topic Re: zero size file in Operating System - HP-UX

zero size file

Shah Gaurang B. — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:09:05 GMT

hi,

hello experts .how can i create 0 (zero) size of files in hp-ux ?

Re: zero size file

James R. Ferguson — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:11:20 GMT

Hi:

Simply do:

# touch filename

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: zero size file

Shah Gaurang B. — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:21:54 GMT

thax i was confused .thanks

Re: zero size file

A. Clay Stephenson — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:28:57 GMT

Plan B.

cp /dev/null myfile

Re: zero size file

Torsten. — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:32:48 GMT

Plan C:

cat /dev/null >myfile

Re: zero size file

MarkSyder — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 03:34:43 GMT

Plan D:

> filename

No points please - you've already received three perfect answers and point hunting is even more contentious than usual at the moment. I'll take satisfaction from the fact that my answer may help somebody.

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

Re: zero size file

Andrew Merritt_2 — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 03:49:41 GMT

Plan D (if we're going for minimum keystrokes :-) ):

$ >filename
^D

Andrew

Re: zero size file

Raj D. — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:23:07 GMT

Hi Gourang,

You can do this by :

1.
# echo "Creating zero byte file" ; >zerobytefile

2. You can also use touch.
# touch zerobytefile

Enjoy,
Cheers.
Raj.

Re: zero size file

Andrew Merritt_2 — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:50:26 GMT

As Mark says, no points for me, either. I was batch processing the new threads from overnight, and didn't see he had posted too until after I had submitted mine.

Andrew

Re: zero size file

Raj D. — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 06:34:43 GMT

Andrew is right in this case.

Cheers,