Hex
Reputation: 25
Completely clearing a text file
Well, the name is self explanatory. I don't know how to go along with it and I don't want to risk breaking the script by deleting the file and replacing it.
Can anyone post a method I could use? I tried searching around and so far no luck.
Upvotes: 2
Views: 3576
Answers (1)
Sophie Swett
Reputation: 3390
Posting Egor Skriptunoff's comment as an answer.
Use
io.open(filename,"w"):close()
where filename is the name of the file you want to clear. This will open the file for writing and immediately close the file, discarding its contents.
Upvotes: 4
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