[ale] making empty files

[jason.vinson at mindspring.com (Jason Vinson)]

i thought about touch, but it doesn't specify file size.  Any other 
ideas?  Something like dd?

Jason


On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 04:45  PM, Jim wrote:

> On Tuesday 18 March 2003 04:38 pm, Jason Vinson wrote:
>> i am attempting to make files of various sizes to do transfer tests on
>> my network, and i know there is a command to make an empty file of a
>> specific size.  Can anyone give me a hint?
>
> I think "touch" will do that. See the man page.
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