sh* files in /var/tmp

[Olga_1]

I have a lot files in /var/tmp that looks like sh16523.1
What are these files and can they be deleted?

Thank you.

[Pete Randall]

I think they're editor save files - you can delete them.

Pete

[Christian Gebhardt]

Hi
- what type are these files:
file
- what timestamp
- can you read the files (ascii-files with cat, binary-files with strings)

If I am to guess, I would say it looks like the temporary output from a skript with the Unix-Pid in the name

Chris

[Olga_1]

Chris,

The files can be opened. They look like editor text files with timestamp from Sep to Dec 16, 2002.

Thank you.

[Pete Randall]

Olga,

Yes, I checked the ones on my systems and that's what they look like - editor save files.
You can cat them, more them, vi them, and safely delete them.

Pete

[Dennis Handly · Accepted solution]

>What are these files and can they be deleted?

These are shell here documents, which can be removed.
I once found thousands there because I used exec, which doesn't clean them up.

[Olga_1]

thank you

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi :

As Dennis noted, these are shell here-documents. Recovery files from the 'vi' editor can be found in '/var/preserve' and are named beginning with 'Ex'.

Regards!

...JRF...