First off, this isn't the only method to achieve the outcome of emptying a file. Using a symbol : is a shell built-in command that is essence equivalent to the true command and it can be used as a no-op (no operation).  It can be used as follows: # : > filename.txtOR  # true > filename.txt  My initial file was as follows: 21548342 16 Mar 20:27 code.logPost using the command  : > filename.txtThe response was  0 16 Mar 20:27...

If you are like me you probably have searched for clues to and found little... particularly when confronted by the errors as you unravel how this works.  Okay a slight exaggeration, there are snipets of info that people have solved this annoying issue in  making comments work in Drupal 8 REST services. The lack of collective information in resolving issues has meant hours of debugging and working through core code to understand what is actually happening.  If you want to...