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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Rupert Bruce <rbruce <at> nearshore.biz>
Subject: bug#7463: closed (Re: bug#7463: truncate)
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:28:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#7463: truncate

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Rupert Bruce <rbruce <at> nearshore.biz>
Cc: 7463-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7463: truncate
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:32:04 +0000

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.

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From: Rupert Bruce <rbruce <at> nearshore.biz>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: truncate
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:41:33 -0500

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'

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