On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 01:26:23PM +0300, Teemu Likonen wrote: > * 2021-07-02 09:49:23+0200, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > FWIW, I've found something which could be deemed to be an "useful use > > of dd" which somehow bears a hidden symmetry. As a replacement for > > `cat' whenever you need to put a name on the output file. > > For this new subject I will add another use: quickly create empty file > of specific size, for example 5 * 1024 bytes: > > $ dd of=empty obs=1024 seek=5 count=0 Clever :) Cheers - t
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