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Are there any other UNIX commands (apart from '>filename) which can be used to clear the file contents?

Hi,

We need to clear the contents of a file. For this we tried using the commands like - '>filename' and 'cat filename > /dev/null'.

If the file size is large, the above commands will clear the...

Hi,

Thanks for the reply...

But, as I mentioned earlier if the filesize is very large, say 500MB, then if I use the command ">filename", it will clear the file contents, but, when I do the "ls...

Hi,

We need to clear the contents of a file. For this we tried using the commands like - '>filename' and 'cat filename > /dev/null'.

If the file size is large, the above commands will clear...