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* Dan Nelson [2005-06-25 19:01 -0500]
>  Try the "truncate" command.


* Jonathan Chen [2005-06-26 12:02 +1200]
>  truncate(1) is your friend.


Thanks! I just figured this myself, after remembering that this operation 
is called to truncate. (Not easy when english is not one's first language)