Script to delete log files in linux

You’ll find yourself in situations where you need to empty a file.

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This often happens when you have huge log files and How would you do that?

One not so clean way would be to remove the file and then create a new file. But this is not a good idea. It won’t be the same file; the timestamp (atime, mtime etc) will be different along with other file permissions.

Instead of creating a new empty file, you can delete its content.

So, how do you empty a file in Linux?

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How to clear a file from all of its content without deleting the actual file?

4 ways to empty a file in Linux

There are several ways you can empty a file without actually deleting the file. Let me show you some of these methods.

Method 1: Truncate a file using truncate command

The safest way to truncate a log file is using the truncate command.

In the above command, -s is used to set/adjust the size (in bytes) of the file.

When you use -s 0, it means you adjusted the file size to 0 bytes.

If you view the file content, it will be empty.

Method 2: Empty file using :> or >

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