Windows equivalent command

[Kurt Wolf]

I think I got it now...

echo. > some_file

Of course, that starts your file off with a blank line

On Aug 24, 2005, at 11:03 PM, AZ Pete wrote:

> I initially tried this and it doesn't work.  When you type the echo  
> command with no text afterwards, it will return the status of the  
> echo command (either on of off).  So, when you execute echo >  
> some_file.txt, the file will contain the text "echo is on"
>
> Peter
>
> At 8/24/2005 10:51 PM, you wrote:
>
>> echo > some_file
>>
>> On Aug 24, 2005, at 10:37 PM, AZ Pete wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I want to empty out a log file without having to erase it and
>>> recreate a new zero length file.
>>> Is there a windows command line equivalent of the following Linux
>>> command:
>>>
>>> cat /dev/null > some_file
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Peter
>>>
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