Truncating a file?
To truncate a file is to make it empty (its size becomes 0 byte). This comes in handy for logs, when they grow too big, or when you need to re-use an existing file but want to skip the chmod/chown steps.
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To truncate a file is to make it empty (its size becomes 0 byte). This comes in handy for logs, when they grow too big, or when you need to re-use an existing file but want to skip the chmod/chown steps.