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x/deno/cli/js/lib.deno.ns.d.ts>Deno.truncateSync

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function Deno.truncateSync
import { Deno } from "https://deno.land/x/deno@v1.0.0/cli/js/lib.deno.ns.d.ts";
const { truncateSync } = Deno;

Synchronously truncates or extends the specified file, to reach the specified len. If len is not specified then the entire file contents are truncated.

  // truncate the entire file
  Deno.truncateSync("my_file.txt");

  // truncate part of the file
  const file = Deno.makeTempFileSync();
  Deno.writeFileSync(file, new TextEncoder().encode("Hello World"));
  Deno.truncateSync(file, 7);
  const data = Deno.readFileSync(file);
  console.log(new TextDecoder().decode(data));

Requires allow-write permission.

Parameters

name: string
optional
len: number