May 2017
Beginner
552 pages
28h 47m
English
Content preview from Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook - Third Edition
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Generating blank files in bulk
Scripts must be tested before they are used on a live system. We may need to generate thousands of files to confirm that there are no memory leaks or processes left hanging. This recipe shows how to generate blank files.