Rm (command)

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rm -rf

echo "" > /path/to/the/file.log

If it was already deleted, on Linux, you can still truncate it by doing:
echo "" > "/proc/$pid/fd/$fd"

Related commands

• lsof -a +L1 /path/to/fs
• Set file to zero: truncate -s 0 /path/to/filename
• unlink
• echo
• inode

See also

• rm, System Integrity Protection, truncate, scrub, shred, unlink, git rm, find -delete