How to clear the logs properly for a Docker container?

Question

I use docker logs [container-name] to see the logs of a specific container.

Is there an elegant way to clear these logs?

Answer 1

Here is a cross platform solution to clearing docker container logs:

docker run --rm -v /var/lib/docker:/var/lib/docker alpine sh -c "echo '' > $(docker inspect --format='{{.LogPath}}' CONTAINER_NAME)"

Paste this into your terminal and change CONTAINER_NAME to desired container name or id.