I´d like to empty all files from a directory. I´d tried this:
find myFolderPath/* -exec cat /dev/null > {} ';'
but it does not work. How can I do it?
I´d like to empty all files from a directory. I´d tried this: find myFolderPath/*
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I´d like to empty all files from a directory. I´d tried this:
find myFolderPath/* -exec cat /dev/null > {} ';'
but it does not work. How can I do it?
You can’t use redirection (
>) withinfind -execdirectly because it happens before the command runs and creates a file called{}. To get around this you need to do it in a new shell by usingsh -c.Also, note that you don’t need to
cat /dev/null > filein order to clobber a file. You can simply use> file.Try this: