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How to create a dummy file with a given size in Linux?

How to create a dummy file with a given size in Linux?

Answer:

Use the dd command

Example:

dd if=/dev/zero of=test.txt bs=1 count=1MB

The above command will create a 1MB dummy file and stored as test.txt

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