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<code>truncate</code> (<code>[[coreutils]]</code> package) | <code>truncate</code> (<code>[[coreutils]]</code> package) | ||
Revision as of 08:25, 9 February 2023
truncate
(coreutils
package)
- Set file to zero:
truncate -s 0 /path/to/filename
truncate -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
,xzcat
pv
,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
,ln
truncate
,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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