https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/clearing-the-syslog/m-p/5275527#M473786 Dear Kunjuttan<BR /><BR />If you want to empty the entire file, simply do the following <BR /><BR /># cat /dev/null &gt; /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log<BR /><BR />thanks and regards<BR /><BR />Sajjad Sahir Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:59:46 GMT Sajjad Sahir 2011-03-02T09:59:46Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/clearing-the-syslog/m-p/5275525#M473784 Hi all,<BR /><BR /> how can can i able to clear the syslog...<BR /> Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:47:04 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/clearing-the-syslog/m-p/5275525#M473784 kunjuttan 2011-03-02T09:47:04Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/clearing-the-syslog/m-p/5275526#M473785 Hi,<BR /><BR />Always keep a copy (compressed or not) for you! You can empty this file by:<BR />#&gt; /adm/var/syslog/syslog.log<BR />-or-<BR /># cp /dev/null /adm/var/syslog/syslog.log<BR /><BR />Rgds. Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:55:25 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/clearing-the-syslog/m-p/5275526#M473785 Jose Mosquera 2011-03-02T09:55:25Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/clearing-the-syslog/m-p/5275527#M473786 Dear Kunjuttan<BR /><BR />If you want to empty the entire file, simply do the following <BR /><BR /># cat /dev/null &gt; /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log<BR /><BR />thanks and regards<BR /><BR />Sajjad Sahir Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:59:46 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/clearing-the-syslog/m-p/5275527#M473786 Sajjad Sahir 2011-03-02T09:59:46Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/clearing-the-syslog/m-p/5275528#M473787 thanks..i got it.. Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:58:08 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/clearing-the-syslog/m-p/5275528#M473787 kunjuttan 2011-03-02T10:58:08Z