Empty a file

• Empty a file

  This is sample output - yours may be different.

  
  

  11
  :> file
  krissi · 2010-09-23 12:33:55 23
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  • Report as malicious
  • Report as a duplicate
• Create a new file

  This is sample output - yours may be different.

  
  

  9
  > file
  Juev · 2010-12-26 14:17:13 24
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  • Report as malicious
  • Report as a duplicate
• Empty a file

  This is sample output - yours may be different.

  
  

  6
  > foobar.txt
  unixmonkey7657 · 2009-12-29 08:08:15 4
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  • Report as a duplicate
• Empty a file

  Immediately make a file empty. This even works if the file is still being written to. Great for cleaning up huge log files!

  This is sample output - yours may be different.

  
  

  2
  truncate -s 0 file.txt
  quentin · 2012-07-30 06:50:30 7
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• Empty a file

  Using only this, has the same. (tested in linux, HP-UX and AIX)

  This is sample output - yours may be different.

  
  

  0
  > file.txt
  arkanjo · 2012-08-24 06:51:13 5
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I prefer the :> way since it works in zsh as well as bash. Plain > doesn't w/out an extra Ctrl-D sequence

unixmonkey14934 · 696 weeks and 6 days ago

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