From fc659ec734eb30c930886ba74c582d1a9f944ada Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fazle Arefin Date: Tue, 25 May 2021 04:48:17 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] truncate: add example (#6038) --- pages/common/truncate.md | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/pages/common/truncate.md b/pages/common/truncate.md index af7d816b6..28de0dbb2 100644 --- a/pages/common/truncate.md +++ b/pages/common/truncate.md @@ -5,16 +5,20 @@ - Set a size of 10 GB to an existing file, or create a new file with the specified size: -`truncate -s {{10G}} {{filename}}` +`truncate --size {{10G}} {{filename}}` - Extend the file size by 50M, fill with holes (which reads as zero bytes): -`truncate -s +{{50M}} {{filename}}` +`truncate --size +{{50M}} {{filename}}` - Shrink the file by 2GiB, by removing data from the end of file: -`truncate -s -{{2G}} {{filename}}` +`truncate --size -{{2G}} {{filename}}` - Empty the file's content: -`truncate -s 0 {{filename}}` +`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}}`