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Can't change the channel like a regular file

I have the following file (above) which appears to be the Unix channel alt text http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/175564/problemFile.png

How can you make the channel the default text file ?

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Unless there was another complication not mentioned, the simplest is to use a large hammer:

$ rm outside
$ touch outside


If a file is currently in use, you need to destroy it first and then restart it for it to use the new file. Otherwise, the pipe will remain open but invisible until the process finally dies.

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How can you make the pipe default to a text file so that the first letter changes to d?



The first character 'd' means that this entry is a directory and not a normal file.

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