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Generate File of a certain size?
How can I limit downloaded file size in wget?Way to determine where certain global parameter is configuredDelete files of certain size rangeFind the total size of certain files within a directory branchAutomatically detect when a file has reached a size limitSort files into directories named by prefix of fileGenerating files of varying variability?Copy All Files With Certain Length File NameHow to generate a set of new different files through shell scripting given a certain pattern name?searching/showing size of files
.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__bot-mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0;
I'd like to generate a file with the name example.file. I could use
touch example.file
but I want the file to be exactly 24MB in size. I already checked the manpage of touch, but there is no parameter like this. Is there an easy way to generate files of a certain size?
bash command-line files
edited Nov 16 '13 at 21:14
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I'd like to generate a file with the name example.file. I could use
touch example.file
but I want the file to be exactly 24MB in size. I already checked the manpage of touch, but there is no parameter like this. Is there an easy way to generate files of a certain size?
bash command-line files
edited Nov 16 '13 at 21:14
Gilles
546k12911111625
asked Nov 15 '13 at 19:54
R_UserR_User
613265
2
stackoverflow.com/questions/139261/…
– ire_and_curses
Nov 15 '13 at 20:01
We will all assume you do not care what the content is so filled with zeroes will be fine.
– Bgs
Nov 15 '13 at 20:12
add a comment |
I'd like to generate a file with the name example.file. I could use
touch example.file
but I want the file to be exactly 24MB in size. I already checked the manpage of touch, but there is no parameter like this. Is there an easy way to generate files of a certain size?
bash command-line files
edited Nov 16 '13 at 21:14
Gilles
546k12911111625
asked Nov 15 '13 at 19:54
R_UserR_User
613265
I'd like to generate a file with the name example.file. I could use
touch example.file
but I want the file to be exactly 24MB in size. I already checked the manpage of touch, but there is no parameter like this. Is there an easy way to generate files of a certain size?
bash command-line files
bash command-line files
edited Nov 16 '13 at 21:14
Gilles
546k12911111625
asked Nov 15 '13 at 19:54
R_UserR_User
613265
edited Nov 16 '13 at 21:14
Gilles
546k12911111625
asked Nov 15 '13 at 19:54
R_UserR_User
613265
edited Nov 16 '13 at 21:14
Gilles
546k12911111625
edited Nov 16 '13 at 21:14
Gilles
546k12911111625
edited Nov 16 '13 at 21:14
Gilles
546k12911111625
546k12911111625
asked Nov 15 '13 at 19:54
R_UserR_User
613265
asked Nov 15 '13 at 19:54
R_UserR_User
613265
asked Nov 15 '13 at 19:54
R_UserR_User
613265
613265
2
stackoverflow.com/questions/139261/…
– ire_and_curses
Nov 15 '13 at 20:01
We will all assume you do not care what the content is so filled with zeroes will be fine.
– Bgs
Nov 15 '13 at 20:12
add a comment |
2
stackoverflow.com/questions/139261/…
– ire_and_curses
Nov 15 '13 at 20:01
We will all assume you do not care what the content is so filled with zeroes will be fine.
– Bgs
Nov 15 '13 at 20:12
2
2
stackoverflow.com/questions/139261/…
– ire_and_curses
Nov 15 '13 at 20:01
stackoverflow.com/questions/139261/…
– ire_and_curses
Nov 15 '13 at 20:01
We will all assume you do not care what the content is so filled with zeroes will be fine.
– Bgs
Nov 15 '13 at 20:12
We will all assume you do not care what the content is so filled with zeroes will be fine.
– Bgs
Nov 15 '13 at 20:12
add a comment |
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You can use dd:
dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=24M count=1
or
dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=1M count=24
or, on Mac,
dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=1m count=24
edited Mar 27 at 15:28
Clay
1033
answered Nov 15 '13 at 20:01
Paul92Paul92
1,453188
1
... or use bs=1M and count=24. Many find it nicer and easier to read.
– Bgs
Nov 15 '13 at 20:11
3
Maybe dont use huge block sizes, my system did not likebs=1G count=1
– ThorSummoner
Dec 7 '16 at 0:17
10
On the Mac, use 24m (small m), because the Mac doesn't like the big M.dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=24m count=1
– SPRBRN
Feb 13 '17 at 13:30
1
On Android (5.1.1, might (not) be version or phone specific) I had to use a lowercasemtoo.
– Erik
Apr 12 '18 at 11:56
1
What is the problem with large block sizes specifically? I had hoped to use a 1G block size for a 1G file.
– felwithe
Jan 5 at 15:03
|
show 1 more comment
Under non-embedded Linux or Cygwin (or any system with GNU coreutils) and FreeBSD:
truncate -s 24m example.file
This creates a file full of null bytes. If the file already exists and is smaller, it is extended to the requested size with null bytes. If the file already exists and is larger, is is truncated to the requested size.
The null bytes do not consume any disk space, the file is a sparse file.
On many systems, head -c 24m </dev/zero >example.file creates a non-sparse file full of null bytes. If head doesn't have a -c option on your system (it's common but not in POSIX), you can use dd bs=1024k count=24 </dev/zero >example.file instead (this is POSIX-compliant).
answered Nov 17 '13 at 22:18
GillesGilles
546k12911111625
BusyBox also has it, so most embedded systems will too :-)
– Ciro Santilli 新疆改造中心996ICU六四事件
Oct 3 '18 at 1:46
add a comment |
If you don't care about the content of the file, this is much faster than using dd:
fallocate -l 24M filename
Obviously, using dd for a 24MB file won't take any time on a modern system, but larger files can be noticeably slow.
edited Sep 26 '17 at 8:14
Socowi
1485
answered Jul 24 '17 at 4:35
SArcherSArcher
35337
add a comment |
You can use dd:
dd if=/dev/zero of=outputfile.out bs=1024k count=24
Or in case you happen to be using Solaris
mkfile 24m outputfile.out
answered Nov 15 '13 at 20:25
BitsOfNixBitsOfNix
4,21821832
2
mkfile seems to be present on macOS too
– Ben Flynn
Sep 19 '16 at 20:28
You can also pass-nto create a sparse file
– russbishop
Dec 8 '17 at 17:29
add a comment |
FROM_NODE=N01;
echo; cd $MOUNT_PATH; pwd; ls -la; sleep 1; echo;
WHEN="$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S)";
fallocate -l 10M $MOUNT_PATH/"$FROM_NODE"_"$WHEN".dump
ls -lha; echo;
answered Jan 19 '17 at 19:52
Pascal AndyPascal Andy
285
1
Doesn't this say 10 megs while the Q asks for 24?
– Jeff Schaller♦
Jan 19 '17 at 20:10
2
fallocatecould be a good answer, but why all the other lines? Cut your answer down so that it does just what was asked, and nothing more.
– JigglyNaga
Jan 19 '17 at 20:41
1
If you prefer sir:fallocate -l 10M somefile.dump
– Pascal Andy
Feb 5 '17 at 18:05
add a comment |
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You can use dd:
dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=24M count=1
or
dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=1M count=24
or, on Mac,
dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=1m count=24
edited Mar 27 at 15:28
Clay
1033
answered Nov 15 '13 at 20:01
Paul92Paul92
1,453188
1
... or use bs=1M and count=24. Many find it nicer and easier to read.
– Bgs
Nov 15 '13 at 20:11
3
Maybe dont use huge block sizes, my system did not likebs=1G count=1
– ThorSummoner
Dec 7 '16 at 0:17
10
On the Mac, use 24m (small m), because the Mac doesn't like the big M.dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=24m count=1
– SPRBRN
Feb 13 '17 at 13:30
1
On Android (5.1.1, might (not) be version or phone specific) I had to use a lowercasemtoo.
– Erik
Apr 12 '18 at 11:56
1
What is the problem with large block sizes specifically? I had hoped to use a 1G block size for a 1G file.
– felwithe
Jan 5 at 15:03
|
show 1 more comment
You can use dd:
dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=24M count=1
or
dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=1M count=24
or, on Mac,
dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=1m count=24
edited Mar 27 at 15:28
Clay
1033
answered Nov 15 '13 at 20:01
Paul92Paul92
1,453188
1
... or use bs=1M and count=24. Many find it nicer and easier to read.
– Bgs
Nov 15 '13 at 20:11
3
Maybe dont use huge block sizes, my system did not likebs=1G count=1
– ThorSummoner
Dec 7 '16 at 0:17
10
On the Mac, use 24m (small m), because the Mac doesn't like the big M.dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=24m count=1
– SPRBRN
Feb 13 '17 at 13:30
1
On Android (5.1.1, might (not) be version or phone specific) I had to use a lowercasemtoo.
– Erik
Apr 12 '18 at 11:56
1
What is the problem with large block sizes specifically? I had hoped to use a 1G block size for a 1G file.
– felwithe
Jan 5 at 15:03
|
show 1 more comment
You can use dd:
dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=24M count=1
or
dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=1M count=24
or, on Mac,
dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=1m count=24
edited Mar 27 at 15:28
Clay
1033
answered Nov 15 '13 at 20:01
Paul92Paul92
1,453188
You can use dd:
dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=24M count=1
or
dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=1M count=24
or, on Mac,
dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=1m count=24
edited Mar 27 at 15:28
Clay
1033
answered Nov 15 '13 at 20:01
Paul92Paul92
1,453188
edited Mar 27 at 15:28
Clay
1033
edited Mar 27 at 15:28
Clay
1033
edited Mar 27 at 15:28
Clay
1033
1033
answered Nov 15 '13 at 20:01
Paul92Paul92
1,453188
answered Nov 15 '13 at 20:01
Paul92Paul92
1,453188
answered Nov 15 '13 at 20:01
Paul92Paul92
1,453188
1,453188
1
... or use bs=1M and count=24. Many find it nicer and easier to read.
– Bgs
Nov 15 '13 at 20:11
3
Maybe dont use huge block sizes, my system did not likebs=1G count=1
– ThorSummoner
Dec 7 '16 at 0:17
10
On the Mac, use 24m (small m), because the Mac doesn't like the big M.dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=24m count=1
– SPRBRN
Feb 13 '17 at 13:30
1
On Android (5.1.1, might (not) be version or phone specific) I had to use a lowercasemtoo.
– Erik
Apr 12 '18 at 11:56
1
What is the problem with large block sizes specifically? I had hoped to use a 1G block size for a 1G file.
– felwithe
Jan 5 at 15:03
|
show 1 more comment
1
... or use bs=1M and count=24. Many find it nicer and easier to read.
– Bgs
Nov 15 '13 at 20:11
3
Maybe dont use huge block sizes, my system did not likebs=1G count=1
– ThorSummoner
Dec 7 '16 at 0:17
10
On the Mac, use 24m (small m), because the Mac doesn't like the big M.dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=24m count=1
– SPRBRN
Feb 13 '17 at 13:30
1
On Android (5.1.1, might (not) be version or phone specific) I had to use a lowercasemtoo.
– Erik
Apr 12 '18 at 11:56
1
What is the problem with large block sizes specifically? I had hoped to use a 1G block size for a 1G file.
– felwithe
Jan 5 at 15:03
1
1
... or use bs=1M and count=24. Many find it nicer and easier to read.
– Bgs
Nov 15 '13 at 20:11
... or use bs=1M and count=24. Many find it nicer and easier to read.
– Bgs
Nov 15 '13 at 20:11
3
3
Maybe dont use huge block sizes, my system did not like
bs=1G count=1– ThorSummoner
Dec 7 '16 at 0:17
Maybe dont use huge block sizes, my system did not like
bs=1G count=1– ThorSummoner
Dec 7 '16 at 0:17
10
10
On the Mac, use 24m (small m), because the Mac doesn't like the big M.
dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=24m count=1– SPRBRN
Feb 13 '17 at 13:30
On the Mac, use 24m (small m), because the Mac doesn't like the big M.
dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=24m count=1– SPRBRN
Feb 13 '17 at 13:30
1
1
On Android (5.1.1, might (not) be version or phone specific) I had to use a lowercase
m too.– Erik
Apr 12 '18 at 11:56
On Android (5.1.1, might (not) be version or phone specific) I had to use a lowercase
m too.– Erik
Apr 12 '18 at 11:56
1
1
What is the problem with large block sizes specifically? I had hoped to use a 1G block size for a 1G file.
– felwithe
Jan 5 at 15:03
What is the problem with large block sizes specifically? I had hoped to use a 1G block size for a 1G file.
– felwithe
Jan 5 at 15:03
|
show 1 more comment
Under non-embedded Linux or Cygwin (or any system with GNU coreutils) and FreeBSD:
truncate -s 24m example.file
This creates a file full of null bytes. If the file already exists and is smaller, it is extended to the requested size with null bytes. If the file already exists and is larger, is is truncated to the requested size.
The null bytes do not consume any disk space, the file is a sparse file.
On many systems, head -c 24m </dev/zero >example.file creates a non-sparse file full of null bytes. If head doesn't have a -c option on your system (it's common but not in POSIX), you can use dd bs=1024k count=24 </dev/zero >example.file instead (this is POSIX-compliant).
answered Nov 17 '13 at 22:18
GillesGilles
546k12911111625
BusyBox also has it, so most embedded systems will too :-)
– Ciro Santilli 新疆改造中心996ICU六四事件
Oct 3 '18 at 1:46
add a comment |
Under non-embedded Linux or Cygwin (or any system with GNU coreutils) and FreeBSD:
truncate -s 24m example.file
This creates a file full of null bytes. If the file already exists and is smaller, it is extended to the requested size with null bytes. If the file already exists and is larger, is is truncated to the requested size.
The null bytes do not consume any disk space, the file is a sparse file.
On many systems, head -c 24m </dev/zero >example.file creates a non-sparse file full of null bytes. If head doesn't have a -c option on your system (it's common but not in POSIX), you can use dd bs=1024k count=24 </dev/zero >example.file instead (this is POSIX-compliant).
answered Nov 17 '13 at 22:18
GillesGilles
546k12911111625
BusyBox also has it, so most embedded systems will too :-)
– Ciro Santilli 新疆改造中心996ICU六四事件
Oct 3 '18 at 1:46
add a comment |
Under non-embedded Linux or Cygwin (or any system with GNU coreutils) and FreeBSD:
truncate -s 24m example.file
This creates a file full of null bytes. If the file already exists and is smaller, it is extended to the requested size with null bytes. If the file already exists and is larger, is is truncated to the requested size.
The null bytes do not consume any disk space, the file is a sparse file.
On many systems, head -c 24m </dev/zero >example.file creates a non-sparse file full of null bytes. If head doesn't have a -c option on your system (it's common but not in POSIX), you can use dd bs=1024k count=24 </dev/zero >example.file instead (this is POSIX-compliant).
answered Nov 17 '13 at 22:18
GillesGilles
546k12911111625
Under non-embedded Linux or Cygwin (or any system with GNU coreutils) and FreeBSD:
truncate -s 24m example.file
This creates a file full of null bytes. If the file already exists and is smaller, it is extended to the requested size with null bytes. If the file already exists and is larger, is is truncated to the requested size.
The null bytes do not consume any disk space, the file is a sparse file.
On many systems, head -c 24m </dev/zero >example.file creates a non-sparse file full of null bytes. If head doesn't have a -c option on your system (it's common but not in POSIX), you can use dd bs=1024k count=24 </dev/zero >example.file instead (this is POSIX-compliant).
answered Nov 17 '13 at 22:18
GillesGilles
546k12911111625
answered Nov 17 '13 at 22:18
GillesGilles
546k12911111625
answered Nov 17 '13 at 22:18
GillesGilles
546k12911111625
answered Nov 17 '13 at 22:18
GillesGilles
546k12911111625
546k12911111625
BusyBox also has it, so most embedded systems will too :-)
– Ciro Santilli 新疆改造中心996ICU六四事件
Oct 3 '18 at 1:46
add a comment |
BusyBox also has it, so most embedded systems will too :-)
– Ciro Santilli 新疆改造中心996ICU六四事件
Oct 3 '18 at 1:46
BusyBox also has it, so most embedded systems will too :-)
– Ciro Santilli 新疆改造中心996ICU六四事件
Oct 3 '18 at 1:46
BusyBox also has it, so most embedded systems will too :-)
– Ciro Santilli 新疆改造中心996ICU六四事件
Oct 3 '18 at 1:46
add a comment |
If you don't care about the content of the file, this is much faster than using dd:
fallocate -l 24M filename
Obviously, using dd for a 24MB file won't take any time on a modern system, but larger files can be noticeably slow.
edited Sep 26 '17 at 8:14
Socowi
1485
answered Jul 24 '17 at 4:35
SArcherSArcher
35337
add a comment |
If you don't care about the content of the file, this is much faster than using dd:
fallocate -l 24M filename
Obviously, using dd for a 24MB file won't take any time on a modern system, but larger files can be noticeably slow.
edited Sep 26 '17 at 8:14
Socowi
1485
answered Jul 24 '17 at 4:35
SArcherSArcher
35337
add a comment |
If you don't care about the content of the file, this is much faster than using dd:
fallocate -l 24M filename
Obviously, using dd for a 24MB file won't take any time on a modern system, but larger files can be noticeably slow.
edited Sep 26 '17 at 8:14
Socowi
1485
answered Jul 24 '17 at 4:35
SArcherSArcher
35337
If you don't care about the content of the file, this is much faster than using dd:
fallocate -l 24M filename
Obviously, using dd for a 24MB file won't take any time on a modern system, but larger files can be noticeably slow.
edited Sep 26 '17 at 8:14
Socowi
1485
answered Jul 24 '17 at 4:35
SArcherSArcher
35337
edited Sep 26 '17 at 8:14
Socowi
1485
edited Sep 26 '17 at 8:14
Socowi
1485
edited Sep 26 '17 at 8:14
Socowi
1485
1485
answered Jul 24 '17 at 4:35
SArcherSArcher
35337
answered Jul 24 '17 at 4:35
SArcherSArcher
35337
answered Jul 24 '17 at 4:35
SArcherSArcher
35337
35337
add a comment |
add a comment |
You can use dd:
dd if=/dev/zero of=outputfile.out bs=1024k count=24
Or in case you happen to be using Solaris
mkfile 24m outputfile.out
answered Nov 15 '13 at 20:25
BitsOfNixBitsOfNix
4,21821832
2
mkfile seems to be present on macOS too
– Ben Flynn
Sep 19 '16 at 20:28
You can also pass-nto create a sparse file
– russbishop
Dec 8 '17 at 17:29
add a comment |
You can use dd:
dd if=/dev/zero of=outputfile.out bs=1024k count=24
Or in case you happen to be using Solaris
mkfile 24m outputfile.out
answered Nov 15 '13 at 20:25
BitsOfNixBitsOfNix
4,21821832
2
mkfile seems to be present on macOS too
– Ben Flynn
Sep 19 '16 at 20:28
You can also pass-nto create a sparse file
– russbishop
Dec 8 '17 at 17:29
add a comment |
You can use dd:
dd if=/dev/zero of=outputfile.out bs=1024k count=24
Or in case you happen to be using Solaris
mkfile 24m outputfile.out
answered Nov 15 '13 at 20:25
BitsOfNixBitsOfNix
4,21821832
You can use dd:
dd if=/dev/zero of=outputfile.out bs=1024k count=24
Or in case you happen to be using Solaris
mkfile 24m outputfile.out
answered Nov 15 '13 at 20:25
BitsOfNixBitsOfNix
4,21821832
answered Nov 15 '13 at 20:25
BitsOfNixBitsOfNix
4,21821832
answered Nov 15 '13 at 20:25
BitsOfNixBitsOfNix
4,21821832
answered Nov 15 '13 at 20:25
BitsOfNixBitsOfNix
4,21821832
4,21821832
2
mkfile seems to be present on macOS too
– Ben Flynn
Sep 19 '16 at 20:28
You can also pass-nto create a sparse file
– russbishop
Dec 8 '17 at 17:29
add a comment |
2
mkfile seems to be present on macOS too
– Ben Flynn
Sep 19 '16 at 20:28
You can also pass-nto create a sparse file
– russbishop
Dec 8 '17 at 17:29
2
2
mkfile seems to be present on macOS too
– Ben Flynn
Sep 19 '16 at 20:28
mkfile seems to be present on macOS too
– Ben Flynn
Sep 19 '16 at 20:28
You can also pass
-n to create a sparse file– russbishop
Dec 8 '17 at 17:29
You can also pass
-n to create a sparse file– russbishop
Dec 8 '17 at 17:29
add a comment |
FROM_NODE=N01;
echo; cd $MOUNT_PATH; pwd; ls -la; sleep 1; echo;
WHEN="$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S)";
fallocate -l 10M $MOUNT_PATH/"$FROM_NODE"_"$WHEN".dump
ls -lha; echo;
answered Jan 19 '17 at 19:52
Pascal AndyPascal Andy
285
1
Doesn't this say 10 megs while the Q asks for 24?
– Jeff Schaller♦
Jan 19 '17 at 20:10
2
fallocatecould be a good answer, but why all the other lines? Cut your answer down so that it does just what was asked, and nothing more.
– JigglyNaga
Jan 19 '17 at 20:41
1
If you prefer sir:fallocate -l 10M somefile.dump
– Pascal Andy
Feb 5 '17 at 18:05
add a comment |
FROM_NODE=N01;
echo; cd $MOUNT_PATH; pwd; ls -la; sleep 1; echo;
WHEN="$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S)";
fallocate -l 10M $MOUNT_PATH/"$FROM_NODE"_"$WHEN".dump
ls -lha; echo;
answered Jan 19 '17 at 19:52
Pascal AndyPascal Andy
285
1
Doesn't this say 10 megs while the Q asks for 24?
– Jeff Schaller♦
Jan 19 '17 at 20:10
2
fallocatecould be a good answer, but why all the other lines? Cut your answer down so that it does just what was asked, and nothing more.
– JigglyNaga
Jan 19 '17 at 20:41
1
If you prefer sir:fallocate -l 10M somefile.dump
– Pascal Andy
Feb 5 '17 at 18:05
add a comment |
FROM_NODE=N01;
echo; cd $MOUNT_PATH; pwd; ls -la; sleep 1; echo;
WHEN="$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S)";
fallocate -l 10M $MOUNT_PATH/"$FROM_NODE"_"$WHEN".dump
ls -lha; echo;
answered Jan 19 '17 at 19:52
Pascal AndyPascal Andy
285
FROM_NODE=N01;
echo; cd $MOUNT_PATH; pwd; ls -la; sleep 1; echo;
WHEN="$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S)";
fallocate -l 10M $MOUNT_PATH/"$FROM_NODE"_"$WHEN".dump
ls -lha; echo;
answered Jan 19 '17 at 19:52
Pascal AndyPascal Andy
285
answered Jan 19 '17 at 19:52
Pascal AndyPascal Andy
285
answered Jan 19 '17 at 19:52
Pascal AndyPascal Andy
285
answered Jan 19 '17 at 19:52
Pascal AndyPascal Andy
285
285
1
Doesn't this say 10 megs while the Q asks for 24?
– Jeff Schaller♦
Jan 19 '17 at 20:10
2
fallocatecould be a good answer, but why all the other lines? Cut your answer down so that it does just what was asked, and nothing more.
– JigglyNaga
Jan 19 '17 at 20:41
1
If you prefer sir:fallocate -l 10M somefile.dump
– Pascal Andy
Feb 5 '17 at 18:05
add a comment |
1
Doesn't this say 10 megs while the Q asks for 24?
– Jeff Schaller♦
Jan 19 '17 at 20:10
2
fallocatecould be a good answer, but why all the other lines? Cut your answer down so that it does just what was asked, and nothing more.
– JigglyNaga
Jan 19 '17 at 20:41
1
If you prefer sir:fallocate -l 10M somefile.dump
– Pascal Andy
Feb 5 '17 at 18:05
1
1
Doesn't this say 10 megs while the Q asks for 24?
– Jeff Schaller♦
Jan 19 '17 at 20:10
Doesn't this say 10 megs while the Q asks for 24?
– Jeff Schaller♦
Jan 19 '17 at 20:10
2
2
fallocate could be a good answer, but why all the other lines? Cut your answer down so that it does just what was asked, and nothing more.– JigglyNaga
Jan 19 '17 at 20:41
fallocate could be a good answer, but why all the other lines? Cut your answer down so that it does just what was asked, and nothing more.– JigglyNaga
Jan 19 '17 at 20:41
1
1
If you prefer sir:
fallocate -l 10M somefile.dump– Pascal Andy
Feb 5 '17 at 18:05
If you prefer sir:
fallocate -l 10M somefile.dump– Pascal Andy
Feb 5 '17 at 18:05
add a comment |
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