Difference between revisions of "Truncate"
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** <code>truncate -s 0 /path/to/filename</code> | ** <code>truncate -s 0 /path/to/filename</code> | ||
** <code>truncate -s 0 /var/lib/docker/containers/*/*-json.log</code> | ** <code>truncate -s 0 /var/lib/docker/containers/*/*-json.log</code> | ||
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| + | Alternative: <code>[[echo]] "" > filename</code> | ||
* <code>truncate -s 500MB [[/swap.img]]</code> | * <code>truncate -s 500MB [[/swap.img]]</code> | ||
Revision as of 08:23, 9 February 2023
truncate (coreutils package)
- Set file to zero:
truncate -s 0 /path/to/filenametruncate -s 0 /var/lib/docker/containers/*/*-json.log
Alternative: echo "" > filename
truncate -s 500MB /swap.img
Related commands
See also
cat,tac,more,less,tail,mtail,echo,stdin,tr,column,paste,truncate,logrotate,xzcatpv,progress,sort,ncat,virt-cat,awk,join,col,fold,tee,sponge,nfs-cat,journalctl, ccat, icat, EOF, lolcat- file, File system, directory,
touch,mkdir,ls,lntruncate,fallocate,split,stat, inode, File descriptor, superblock, block size (blockdev),fuser,lsof,scrub,chattr, ulimit (nofiles),cp,mv,file (command),mkfifo,chmod
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