truncate(1): Add EXAMPLES section
Add four simple examples showing the use of -c, -r and -s Approved by: manpages (bcr@) Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D25774
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd December 19, 2006
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.Dd July 27, 2020
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.Dt TRUNCATE 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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@ -143,6 +143,43 @@ If the operation fails for an argument,
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.Nm
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will issue a diagnostic
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and continue processing the remaining arguments.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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Adjust the size of the file
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.Pa test_file
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to 10 Megabytes but do not create it if it does not exist:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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truncate -c -s +10M test_file
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Same as above but create the file if it does not exist:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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truncate -s +10M test_file
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ls -l test_file
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 10485760 Jul 22 18:48 test_file
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Adjust the size of
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.Pa test_file
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to the size of the kernel and create another file
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.Pa test_file2
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with the same size:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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truncate -r /boot/kernel/kernel test_file test_file2
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ls -l /boot/kernel/kernel test_file*
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-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 31352552 May 15 14:18 /boot/kernel/kernel*
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 31352552 Jul 22 19:15 test_file
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 31352552 Jul 22 19:15 test_file2
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Downsize
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.Pa test_file
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in 5 Megabytes:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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# truncate -s -5M test_file
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ls -l test_file*
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 26109672 Jul 22 19:17 test_file
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 31352552 Jul 22 19:15 test_file2
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.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr dd 1 ,
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.Xr touch 1 ,
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