You can, while logged on to manager.sys (or other sm capable user):

:file x=$null
:store @.group1.acct1,@.group2.acct1,.....;*x;purge

OR

The list of groups/accts could be kept in a separate file and 
referenced in the store command as follows:

:store !extfile;*x;purge



At 10:55 AM 2007-07-16, Kim Borgman wrote:
>I want to purge all the data in 40+ groups in 2 accounts.  But leave the
>accounting structure intact.
>
>Short of doing chgroup xxxx and then purgegroup xxxx, is there an easier way
>?
>
>Mr. Kim Borgman
>NWS Inc.
>Indianapolis, IN
>
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