zero size file

[Shah Gaurang B.]

hi,

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

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Simply do:

# touch filename

Regards!

...JRF...

[Shah Gaurang B.]

thax i was confused .thanks

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Plan B.

cp /dev/null myfile

[Torsten.]

Plan C:

cat /dev/null >myfile

[MarkSyder]

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)

[Andrew Merritt_2]

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

$ >filename
^D

Andrew

[Raj D.]

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.

[Andrew Merritt_2]

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

[Raj D.]

Andrew is right in this case.

Cheers,