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Truncate n bytes from end of file
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trunc.py
# truncate num_bytes off the end of a file
import os
def trunc(filename, num_bytes):
with open(filename, 'rb+') as fi:
fi.seek(-1 * num_bytes, os.SEEK_END)
fi.truncate()
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