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Linux Commands [Find big ass files, truncate those files]
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Switch to logrotate later for better managability.

Find big ass files

$ cd /
# This command will find top 10 files based on disk usage
$ du -hsx * | sort -rh | head -10

Truncate big ass files to Zero

$ truncate -s 0 <path/to/file>
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