: > the_filename
> the_filename
echo "" > the_filename
echo /dev/null > the_filename
echo > the_filename
cat /dev/null > the_filename
cp /dev/null the_filename
: > the_filename
> the_filename
echo "" > the_filename
echo /dev/null > the_filename
echo > the_filename
cat /dev/null > the_filename
cp /dev/null the_filename