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How do erase the contents of a error.log file but keep the file intact

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Mar 15, 202648313 views

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I want to erase the contents of the file error.log (nginx error log file), but I don't want to actually delete the file. is this possible? running ubuntu

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How do erase the contents of a error.log file but keep the file intact

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