Re: Create files with specific sizes?

qwms-avib
2004-12-14T09:12:18Z

Khan wrote:
>
> is there any way (some command) that will allow me to
> create blank files with specific sizes, eg 1MB, 5MB, 10MB etc.

dd if=/dev/zero of=file1 bs=1k count=1024
dd if=/dev/zero of=file2 bs=1k count=5120
dd if=/dev/zero of=file3 bs=1k count=10240

-rw-r--r-- 1 steven users 1048576 Dec 14 22:09 file1
-rw-r--r-- 1 steven users 5242880 Dec 14 22:09 file2
-rw-r--r-- 1 steven users 10485760 Dec 14 22:09 file3

Cheers,
Steven

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