Comments on: How to Truncate a File to Zero Length in Linux http://www.lampdocs.com/blog/2008/10/how-to-truncate-a-file-to-zero-length-in-linux/ Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP: Docs, Tricks and Secrets Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:08:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Truncate a file in linux « Willing wheels http://www.lampdocs.com/blog/2008/10/how-to-truncate-a-file-to-zero-length-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-53308 Truncate a file in linux « Willing wheels Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:59:24 +0000 http://www.lampdocs.com/blog/?p=252#comment-53308 [...] http://www.lampdocs.com/blog/2008/10/how-to-truncate-a-file-to-zero-length-in-linux/ [...] [...] http://www.lampdocs.com/blog/2008/10/how-to-truncate-a-file-to-zero-length-in-linux/ [...]

]]> By: bucabay http://www.lampdocs.com/blog/2008/10/how-to-truncate-a-file-to-zero-length-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-34209 bucabay Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:20:18 +0000 http://www.lampdocs.com/blog/?p=252#comment-34209 What is the : at the front. What about just: > filename What is the : at the front. What about just:

> filename

]]> By: g http://www.lampdocs.com/blog/2008/10/how-to-truncate-a-file-to-zero-length-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-29363 g Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:29:14 +0000 http://www.lampdocs.com/blog/?p=252#comment-29363 Awesome! I have no idea whats happening in the :> step, but this is much more elegant than the /dev/null approach also mentioned ;D Awesome! I have no idea whats happening in the :> step, but this is much more elegant than the /dev/null approach also mentioned ;D

]]> By: admin http://www.lampdocs.com/blog/2008/10/how-to-truncate-a-file-to-zero-length-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-16002 admin Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:22:36 +0000 http://www.lampdocs.com/blog/?p=252#comment-16002 Another excellent solution, didn't think about it :) Another excellent solution, didn’t think about it :)

]]> By: Vlatko Šurlan http://www.lampdocs.com/blog/2008/10/how-to-truncate-a-file-to-zero-length-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-15955 Vlatko Šurlan Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:10:39 +0000 http://www.lampdocs.com/blog/?p=252#comment-15955 For those who find this syntax too cryptic here is one that is much more memorable and fluent: cat /dev/null > file_to_be_truncated For those who find this syntax too cryptic here is one that is much more memorable and fluent:

cat /dev/null > file_to_be_truncated

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