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* Update truncate.md Empty a file's content command, fix missing closing bracket on "Shrink the file by 2GiB" example. * Add missing empty line and fix the article Co-authored-by: Zlatan Vasović <zlatanvasovic@gmail.com>
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# truncate
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> Shrink or extend the size of a file to the specified size.
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- Set a size of 10 GB to an exsting file, or create a new file with the specified size:
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`truncate -s {{10G}} {{filename}}`
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- Extend the file size by 50M, fill with holes (which reads as zero bytes):
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`truncate -s +{{50M}} {{filename}}`
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- Shrink the file by 2GiB, by removing data from the end of file:
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`truncate -s -{{2G}} {{filename}}`
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- Empty the file's content:
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`truncate -s 0 {{filename}}`
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