Empty or delete large log file in Linux
Empty or delete large log file in Linux Assuming we have a log file name log.txt. It is beginning too big and you want to delete/empty content of this file. Directing to null > log.txt Using "true" command redirection : > log.txt #or true > log.txt Using cat/cp command cat /dev/null/ > log.txt #or cp /dev/null/ > log.txt Using "echo" command echo "" > log.txt Using truncate command -s flag set size of file truncate -s 0 log.tst