That one doesn't work on my end. It echos (literally) lines like
> filename
instead of executing the above in bash.
On 08/15/2011 04:15 PM, wes wrote:
> My solution would have been:
>
> find -type f -exec echo "" \> {} \;
>
> -wes
>
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Jameson Williams<
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 08/15/2011 03:47 PM, Sam Hart wrote:
>>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Jameson Williams
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> I haven't been able to get this one yet.
>>>>
>>>> Challenge: A one-line statement (pipes okay, but explicit loops not)
>>>> that empties all found files (as for debugging with /var/log, perse).
>>>>
>>>> This is close, but has a loop:
>>>>
>>>> find -type f | while read file; do :>$file; done
>>>>
>>>> This seems like it might work, but doesn't:
>>>>
>>>> find -type f -exec cat /dev/null \> {} \;
>>> Seems like a silly question as there's *no* way to technically avoid
>>> loops (even if you're not doing it in your line, the underlying code
>>> is using a loop), but I'd probably use xargs and truncate:
>>>
>>> ls | xargs truncate --size=0
>>>
>>> Use find instead of ls if you want something more fancy like
>>> recursion. Might be pretty fun to do as root on / :-)
>>>
>>> ---Sam
>> Technically true regarding loops, although I feel they cheapen the
>> aesthetic appeal of the one-liner. :-) I hadn't encountered truncate,
>> that works great!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jameson
>>
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