Re: Create files with specific sizes?

Khan
2004-12-14T09:24:42Z

qwms-avib@dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> 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

TNX!