NAME
truncate - Shrink or extend the size of each file to the specified size.
SYNOPSIS
truncate [OPTION]... [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
- -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>
EXTRA
SIZE is an integer with an optional prefix and optional unit. The available units (K, M, G, T, P, E, Z, and Y) use the following format:
'KB' => 1000 (kilobytes)
'K' => 1024 (kibibytes)
'MB' => 1000*1000 (megabytes)
'M' => 1024*1024 (mebibytes)
'GB' => 1000*1000*1000 (gigabytes)
'G' => 1024*1024*1024 (gibibytes) SIZE may also be prefixed by one of the following to adjust the size of each file based on its current size:
'+' => extend by
'-' => reduce by
'<' => at most
'>' => at least
'/' => round down to multiple of
'%' => round up to multiple of
VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0