* 2021-07-02 09:49:23+0200, to...@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
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