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Created June 28, 2017 06:41
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Create CPU Spike using dd
fulload() { dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null | dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null | dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null | dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null & }; fulload; read; killall dd
Repeat the command in the curly brackets as many times as the number of threads you want to produce (here 4 threads). Simple enter hit will stop it (just make sure no other dd is running on this user or you kill it too).
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2925606/how-to-create-a-cpu-spike-with-a-bash-command
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