create file with same filename but zero contents

[omoo]

Hi,

I need to create a file with the same filename as another file in another directory but without the contents.

For example, I have:
originaldirectory/oldfile.zip size:1234kb

I need to create:
newdirectory/oldfile.zip size:no contents - 0kb

 

[feherke]

Hi

cd originaldirectory
for f in *; do touch "newdirectory/$f"; done

Or if you want to skip subdirectories :

cd originaldirectory
for f in *; do test ! -d "$f" && touch "newdirectory/$f"; done

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[columb]

Use

> newdirectory/oldfile.zip

For example

for file in $(ls olddirectory)
do
  > newdirectory/$file
done

this will produce a zeor length file in newdirectory for every file in olddirectory. You can also use touch i.e.

for file in $(ls olddirectory)
do
  touch newdirectory/$file
done

will do the same thing

Columb Healy