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I've had my disks so full that a `rm` command doesn't even work, would this workaround work in those cases too?

• geocrasher 6y ago
  Yes because you could just do > save_my_butt.img and now it's 0 bytes.
  • kiwijamo 6y ago
    Would that work? The fs may actually allocate a new file before deleting the exisiting allocation so the risk of it not working is still there I would think?
    • quesera 6y ago
      It might vary by kernel, filesystem, or shell, but in my experience and confirmed with a quick test: shell redirection does not create a new file/inode.
    • geocrasher 6y ago
      Worst case scenario, if > filename didn't null it, then just echo "0" > filename