How to zero out a logfiles

[Stephen Carville]

On Wednesday March 31 2004 01:16 pm, Jim Horwath wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have been using sudo for a few months and I'm still
> learning the ropes.  I need to zero a logfile with sudo, but
> I can't get the '>' syntax just right.  I tried to search
> the archives but didn't find any hints.  I can't be the
> first (or last) person who wants to do this.
>
> For example:
>
> sudo echo > /var/adm/logfile
>
> or something similiar

The only way I know how is:

echo | sudo tee /var/log/admfile

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