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How to empty a file contents?

Hi, i want to empty the contents inside a file but i dont want to remove the file, How can i do it?

ajinfernando
asked Feb 22, 2018
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You can use the truncate command to empty the values inside a file as shown below

truncate -s 0 file1
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parthiban
answered Mar 4, 2018
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