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Generate Zero-Filled FIle of SIze
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| # Generate data file | |
| dd if=/dev/zero of=output.dat bs=1M count=10 | |
| # Zip data file (no compression) | |
| zip -0 output.zip output.dat |
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count is a multiple of bs. In this context, change count to be however many megabytes you want the filesize to be. Also be sure to change output.zip in the second command to whatever filename you want to use.