On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Carl Mummert wrote: > Summary: > > 1) > foo > 2) cp /dev/null foo > > Problems: > 2) cp /dev/null foo won't take multiple filenames as arguments > So the answer is that I do need a script or program to do the job. What about: rm -f {list of filenames} touch {list of filenames} ...RickM... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .