On 22/11/10 14:41, Rupert Bruce wrote: > truncate (GNU coreutils) 7.4 > > Unexpected behavior: > > $ ls -l > total 0 > $ truncate --size 0 *.log > $ ls > *.log > > I would expect "truncate --size 0 *.log" to truncate any files ending > with ".log"; instead I get a new file called "*.log" > > FYI, one of the first changes I make on a new installation is to alias > truncate in .bashrc: > alias ll='ls -l' > alias la='ls -A' > alias truncate='truncate --size 0'
That's a function of your shell. Search for "nullglob" cheers, Pádraig.
