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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4129- June 1, 2012
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Unix Tip #4129- June 1, 2012
NULL IT FAST
Here is the fastest way to truncate a file to zero
bytes in a bourne or korn shell.
$ > /var/log/messages
This is a good method, if the file has to be truncated,
but is opened by another process. For example, if you
want to truncate /var/log/messages, which is held
open by syslogd...
This tip generously supported by: ulli@ucrc.org
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