tldr/pages/common/truncate.md

# truncate

> Shrink or extend the size of a file to the specified size.

- Set a size of 10 GB to an exsting file, or create a new file with the specified size:

`truncate -s {{10G}} {{filename}}`

- Extend the file size by 50M, fill with holes (which reads as zero bytes):

`truncate -s +{{50M}} {{filename}}`

- Shrink the file by 2GiB, by removing data from the end of file:

`truncate -s -{{2G}} {{filename}}`

- Empty the file's content:

`truncate -s 0 {{filename}}`
truncate: add page (#2196) 2018-07-15 17:24:57 +08:00			`# truncate`

			`> Shrink or extend the size of a file to the specified size.`

			`- Set a size of 10 GB to an exsting file, or create a new file with the specified size:`

			`truncate -s {{10G}} {{filename}}`

			`- Extend the file size by 50M, fill with holes (which reads as zero bytes):`

			`truncate -s +{{50M}} {{filename}}`

			`- Shrink the file by 2GiB, by removing data from the end of file:`

Update truncate.md (#3710) * 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> 2019-12-30 14:41:06 +02:00			`truncate -s -{{2G}} {{filename}}`

			`- Empty the file's content:`

			`truncate -s 0 {{filename}}`