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I am having problems with the following commands which run in a script. It looses it after the first log. Any suggestions? Thanks Kat f=/home/rm35430/kat/ods00000_sql.log cp -p $f $f.`date +%y%m%d%H%M` cat >$f<<! g=/home/rm35430/kat/ods00100_sql.log cp -p $g $g.`date +%y%m%d%H%M` cat >$g<<...

Mike I have problelms with the following It looses it somewhere after the first statement. And all I get is the forst log. Can you suggest what I need to do? Thanks Kat f=/home/rm35430/kat/ods00000_sql.log cp -p $f $f.`date +%y%m%d%H%M` cat >$f<<! g=/home/rm35430/kat/ods00100_sql.log cp -p...

Thank you all!

Thank you all!

I tried it and it worked, I had a problem with the date part. I still have the question about the file. Is it moved or only emptied? Thanks Kat

Thank you so much for the fast reply! Would the mv command move the whole file? I have a reference to the file in an application that will not allow me to move or delete the actual file Thanks Kat

Hello, I need to creat a script that will run in cron that emptys a file with out removing it and transferes to a new sequenced file. Can anyone help? Thanks

empty file I need to empty the contents of a file save it to a new file without removing the file. I have thought of using csplit any ideas ?