On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 01:26:23PM +0300, Teemu Likonen wrote:
> * 2021-07-02 09:49:23+0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> 
> > FWIW, I've found something which could be deemed to be an "useful use
> > of dd" which somehow bears a hidden symmetry. As a replacement for
> > `cat' whenever you need to put a name on the output file.
> 
> For this new subject I will add another use: quickly create empty file
> of specific size, for example 5 * 1024 bytes:
> 
>     $ dd of=empty obs=1024 seek=5 count=0

Clever :)

Cheers
 - t

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