truncate.1 (652B)
1 .TH TRUNCATE 1 ubase-VERSION 2 .SH NAME 3 \fBtruncate\fR - Shrink or extend the size of a file to the specified size 4 .SH SYNOPSIS 5 \fBtruncate\fR [\fB-c\fR] \fB-s\fI size file...\fR 6 .SH DESCRIPTION 7 \fBtruncate\fR shrinks or extends the size of each \fIfile\fR to the 8 specified size. A \fIfile\fR argument that does not exist is created. 9 If a \fIfile\fR is larger than the specified size, the extra data is lost. 10 If a \fIfile\fR is shorter, it is extended and the extended part (hole) reads 11 as zero bytes. 12 .SH OPTIONS 13 .TP 14 \fB-c\fR 15 Do not create any files. 16 .TP 17 \fB-s\fR 18 Set or adjust the file size by \fIsize\fR bytes. 19 .SH SEE ALSO 20 truncate(2), ftruncate(2)