You can employ it with the -s option that specifies the file size. To empty a file content, use a size of 0 (zero) as in the next command: Thatâs it for now, in this article we have covered multiple methods of clearing or emptying file content using simple command line utilities and shell redirection mechanism.
On August 17, 1962, Peter Fechter, an 18-year-old citizen of East Berlin, bled to death after he was shot down by a East Berlin border patrol in his attempt to escape over the wall. The last to die was Chris Gueffroy on June 2, 1989. Many attempted to escape over the 28 years of the wall`s existence.
August 13, 1961 and fell down in October 14 1989.   Further information:   The construction of the Berlin Wall began during the Cold War. Overnight on 13 August 1961, th â¦ e East and Western halves of Berlin were separated by barbed wire fences up to 1.83 metres high.  Travelling to West Germany became difficult after closing the  border between East and West Ge â¦ rmany in 1952. The Wall was  erected in 1961 because more than 2.6 million East  Germans escaped to West Berlin or West Germany from 1949 to  1961 total population of East Germany was about 17  million!  .