1TRUNCATE(1)                      User Commands                     TRUNCATE(1)
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NAME

6       truncate - shrink or extend the size of a file to the specified size
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SYNOPSIS

9       truncate OPTION... FILE...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Shrink or extend the size of each FILE to the specified size
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14       A FILE argument that does not exist is created.
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16       If  a  FILE  is larger than the specified size, the extra data is lost.
17       If a FILE is shorter, it is extended and the extended part (hole) reads
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20       Mandatory  arguments  to  long  options are mandatory for short options
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23       -c, --no-create
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26       -o, --io-blocks
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29       -r, --reference=RFILE
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32       -s, --size=SIZE
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35       --help display this help and exit
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37       --version
38              output version information and exit
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40       The SIZE argument is an integer and  optional  unit  (example:  10K  is
41       10*1024).   Units  are  K,M,G,T,P,E,Z,Y  (powers  of 1024) or KB,MB,...
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44       SIZE may also be prefixed by one of the following modifying characters:
45       '+' extend by, '-' reduce by, '<' at most, '>' at least, '/' round down
46       to multiple of, '%' round up to multiple of.
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AUTHOR

49       Written by Padraig Brady.
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REPORTING BUGS

52       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
53       Report   truncate   translation   bugs   to    <https://translationpro‐
54       ject.org/team/>
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57       Copyright  ©  2018  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
58       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
59       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
60       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

63       dd(1), truncate(2), ftruncate(2)
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65       Full  documentation  at:  <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/trun‐
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67       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) truncate invocation'
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71GNU coreutils 8.30                 July 2018                       TRUNCATE(1)
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