code: def truncate(path, length):
      '''
      .. versionadded:: 2014.1.0
  
      Seek to a position on a file and delete everything after that point
  
      path
          path to file
  
      length
          offset into file to truncate
  
      CLI Example:
  
      .. code-block:: bash
  
          salt '*' file.truncate /path/to/file 512
      '''
      path = os.path.expanduser(path)
      with salt.utils.files.fopen(path, 'rb+') as seek_fh:
          seek_fh.truncate(int(length)f truncate(path, length):
      '''
      .. versionadded:: 2014.1.0
  
      Seek to a position on a file and delete everything after that point
  
      path
          path to file
  
      length
          offset into file to truncate
  
      CLI Example:
  
      .. code-block:: bash
  
          salt '*' file.truncate /path/to/file 512
      '''
      path = os.path.expanduser(path)
      with salt.utils.files.fopen(path, 'rb+') as seek_fh:
          seek_fh.truncate(int(length))
docs: .. versionadded:: 2014.1.0
  
      Seek to a position on a file and delete everything after that point
  
      path
          path to file
  
      length
          offset into file to truncate
  
      CLI Example:
  
      .. code-block:: bash
  
          salt '*' file.truncate /path/to/file 512