How would you truncate a log file that is growing too large
if you don't have space to compress it or to move it
somewhere else? How would you do it?
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Answer / bipin bapurao sautadekar
more two commands to truncate the file.
# cat /dev/null > filename
# cat > filename and then press ctrl+c
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Answer / syed
Why not you try by using below command
> <file name>
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