Linux truncate Command

What is Linux truncate Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use truncate command in Linux. truncate command is truncate - shrink or extend the size of a file to the specified size.

truncate Syntax#

truncate OPTION... FILE...

truncate Examples#

truncate Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of truncate command. truncate command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for truncate command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man truncate

To open info page for truncate command we can use command below.

info truncate

To open help page from truncate command we can run command below.

truncate --help

Linux truncate Command Source Code#

You can find truncate command source code from the folowing repositories:

• truncate source code on GitHub
• truncate source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• truncate source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use truncate in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.