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 ____________________________ http://www.basiclinux.com.ru - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
