How to truncate a log file using Ubuntu Linux

Have you ever wanted to truncate a log file that was being written to by a running process without stopping the process to do so?

If so then all you need is the following to clear out the active log file:

cat /dev/null > some_log_file.log

There are some other great tips over on the Bash Cures Cancer blog.

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