truncate
Shrink or extend the size of a file to the specified size. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/truncate>.
Install
- All systems
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curl cmd.cat/truncate.sh
- Debian
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apt-get install coreutils - Ubuntu
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apt-get install coreutils -
Alpine
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apk add coreutils - Arch Linux
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pacman -S coreutils - Kali Linux
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apt-get install coreutils - CentOS
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yum install coreutils - Fedora
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dnf install coreutils - Windows (WSL2)
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sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install coreutils - OS X
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brew install truncate - Raspbian
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apt-get install coreutils - Dockerfile
- dockerfile.run/truncate
- Docker
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docker run cmd.cat/truncate truncatepowered by Commando
Shrink or extend the size of a file to the specified size. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/truncate>.
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Set a size of 10 GB to an existing file, or create a new file with the specified size:
truncate --size 10G filename -
Extend the file size by 50 MiB, fill with holes (which reads as zero bytes):
truncate --size +50M filename -
Shrink the file by 2 GiB, by removing data from the end of file:
truncate --size -2G filename -
Empty the file's content:
truncate --size 0 filename -
Empty the file's content, but do not create the file if it does not exist:
truncate --no-create --size 0 filename
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