---
name: "rust-truncate"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rust-coreutils"
version: "0.0.30-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rust-truncate"
---

# rust-truncate(1)

Shrink or extend the size of each file to the specified size.

## NAME

truncate - Shrink or extend the size of each file to the specified size.

## SYNOPSIS

**truncate** \[**-o**\|**--io-blocks**\] \[**-c**\|**--no-create**\] \[**-r**\|**--reference**\] \[**-s**\|**--size**\] \[**-h**\|**--help**\] \[**-V**\|**--version**\] \<*FILE*\>

## DESCRIPTION

Shrink or extend the size of each file to the specified size.

## OPTIONS

- **-o**, **--io-blocks**

  treat SIZE as the number of I/O blocks of the file rather than bytes (NOT IMPLEMENTED)

- **-c**, **--no-create**

  do not create files that do not exist

- **-r**, **--reference**=*RFILE*

  base the size of each file on the size of RFILE

- **-s**, **--size**=*SIZE*

  set or adjust the size of each file according to SIZE, which is in bytes unless --io-blocks is specified

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print help

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print version

- \<*FILE*\>

  ## VERSION

v0.0.30