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Comment by pdimitar | Hacker News Reader

Sure, but I just get an interactive prompt when I type `> file` and I honestly don't care to troubleshoot. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Probably you are using zsh and need:

    MULTIOS=1 > file

- zsh isn't POSIX compatible by default

I see. But in this case it's best to just memorize `truncate -s0` which is shell-neutral.

Ok, we'll leave that a mystery then!