Reduce file size

os.Truncate() function will reduce the file content upto N bytes passed in second parameter. In below example if size of test.txt file is more that 1Kb(100 byte) then it will truncate the remaining content.

Example

package main
 
import (
	"log"
	"os"
)
 
func main() {
	err := os.Truncate("test.txt", 100)
 
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
}

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