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If you don't mind what is in the file. This outputs the letter "y" at an alarming rate:

Code:

yes > bigfile.txt

Deducing the free space, then running "mkfile" is the better approach.

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And if you want a really big file that does not fill the file system:

Code:

$ mkfile -n 9223372036854775807 wtf
$ ls -l wtf
-rw-------   1 jlliagre staff    9223372036854775807 Dec  1 23:15 wtf
$ ls -lh wtf
-rw-------   1 jlliagre staff       8.0E Dec  1 23:15 wtf

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