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to create a file of specified size
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Name: u123
Date: September 29, 2004 at 05:04:19 Pacific
Subject: to create a file of specified sizeOS: unixCPU/Ram: blank |
Comment: Could anybody help me to create an empty file of a specific size limit?..pls let me know what command has to be used for the same. u123
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Name: nails
Date: September 29, 2004 at 07:32:16 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Hi: There's a little known device called /dev/zero which can quickly create a file of known size. This command: dd if=/dev/zero of=myfile bs=1024 count=10 creates file "myfile" filled with zeros with a block size of 1000 muliplied 10 tens or 10K. Regards, Nails
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