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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Clear log file in use. Post 302122180 by qfwfq on Tuesday 19th of June 2007 01:49:24 PM
Old 06-19-2007
If you mean clear the whole content and remove all lines inside the file then :

Code:
cat /dev/null > your_file

Make sure you know what you are doing because that really clears the content. The touch command just updates the stamped time of the file.
 

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dist::zilla::plugin::generatefile

Dist::Zilla::Plugin::GenerateFile(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation		    Dist::Zilla::Plugin::GenerateFile(3pm)

NAME

       Dist::Zilla::Plugin::GenerateFile - build a custom file from only the plugin configuration

VERSION

       version 4.300020

SYNOPSIS

       In your dist.ini:

	 [GenerateFile]
	 filename    = todo/master-plan.txt
	 is_template = 1
	 content = # Outlines the plan for world domination by {{$dist->name}}
	 content =
	 content = Item 1: Think of an idea!
	 content = Item 2: ?
	 content = Item 3: Profit!

DESCRIPTION

       This plugin adds a file to the distribution.

       You can specify the content, as a sequence of lines, in your configuration.  The specified content might be literal, or might be a
       Text::Template template.

   Templating of the content
       If you provide a "is_template" parameter of "1", The content will also be run through Text::Template.  The variables $plugin and $dist will
       be provided, set to the GenerateFile plugin and the Dist::Zilla object respectively.

ATTRIBUTES

   filename
       This attribute names the file you want to generate.  It is required.

   content
       The "content" attribute is an arrayref of lines that will be joined together with newlines to form the file content.

   is_template
       This attribute is a bool indicating whether or not the content should be treated as a Text::Template template.  By default, it is false.

AUTHOR

       Ricardo SIGNES <rjbs@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Ricardo SIGNES.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

perl v5.14.2							    2012-06-21				    Dist::Zilla::Plugin::GenerateFile(3pm)
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