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<p>New article</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>This truncates/extends a file to the specified length.<br /> btrunc &lt;filename&gt; &lt;bytes&gt;<br /> <br /> == Examples ==<br /> ;Create a file of 15 bytes, (13 for the text plus 2 for [[$crlf]])<br /> [[write]] -c btrunc.test Hi I am Dana!<br /> [[echo]] -ag File size: [[$file]](btrunc.test).size<br /> <br /> ;Lets cut it down to only two bytes.<br /> btrunc btrunc.test 2<br /> echo -ag File size after btrunc: $file(btrunc.test).size<br /> echo -ag File content: [[$read]](btrunc.test,1)<br /> <br /> ;Now lets make the file back to 15 bytes.<br /> btrunc btrunc.test 15<br /> echo -ag File size at end is now: $file(btrunc.test).size<br /> <br /> == Note ==<br /> This alias is very rarely used to extend files; usually used to truncate files only.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Binary Files]]<br /> [[Category:Commands]]</div>

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