To show off some disk monitoring software, I wanted to create a large file quickly to simulate a growth in disk usage. I found this page, which reminded me to use the "dd" command:
Linux / Aix Administration - Tips & Stuff: Creating large empty files in Linux / UNIX
The command to create a 1 GB file is:
dd if=/dev/zero of=file_1GB bs=1024 count=1000000
Linux / Aix Administration - Tips & Stuff: Creating large empty files in Linux / UNIX
The command to create a 1 GB file is:
dd if=/dev/zero of=file_1GB bs=1024 count=1000000
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