Create a file of a given size quickly
If you need a file of a given size, but don't care about the contents, you can use hdparm to create it. The size is specified in 1k blocks. The following command creates a 1GB file.
$hdparm --fallocate 1000000 /home/rlankenau/bigfileWritten by Russ Lankenau
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