On 2012-07-30, Enda wrote:
> Is there a way to empty the contents of a large file? The below doesn't work:
>
>
> $ ex -s largefile -c '1,$d' -c wq
>
> Killed
I don't know why that is failing. Ben had some good questions. But
if you just want to empty the file, use this from your shell:
$ > largefile
Regards,
Gary
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