Quickly create sparse file in Linux
dd if=/dev/zero of=MY_FILE count=0 bs=1G seek=100is quicker than
dd if=/dev/zero of=MY_FILE count=100 bs=1Gbecause it doesn't write to every block in between.
Written by Tom O'Connor
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