Here's a technique I use periodically to empty the log files. I simply could remove the file but then I would have to recreate the file and then reset the attributes, i.e. permissions, ownership, ACLs, etc.
Here's the technique.
# cat /dev/null > logfile
This preserves the attributes of the logfile and resets the byte count to zero.
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Since cat doesn't support sudo you get a Permission denied trying to use this technique to clear the system logs.
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