diff --git a/truncate/truncate.sh b/truncate/truncate.sh
index c89e153..285fc93 100644
--- a/truncate/truncate.sh
+++ b/truncate/truncate.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 @@@find_printf@@@ "$@" -type f -printf '%TY%Tm%Td%TH%TM.%TS %p\n' |
 while read timestamp file
 do
-    echo > "$file"
+    echo -n "" > "$file"
     touch -t "$timestamp" "$file"
 done