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ZEROS(1)							      ZEROS(1)

NAME
       zeros - write sequence of bytes

SYNOPSIS
       zeros [ -r ] [ -vvalue ] [ [ blocksize...  [ numblocks ] ]

DESCRIPTION
       Zeros  writes  a	 sequence  of  bytes to standard output. The arguments
       specify the nature of the bytes, block size in bytes, and the number of
       blocks  to output.  The -r option requests that each block be the same,
       but randomly generated. The -vvalue option sets the value of each  byte
       (default	 0).   Typically  zeros has a specialised use: ensuring a file
       has the desired number of blocks in it to hold  a  file	system	image,
       before reaming it.

EXAMPLE
       To create and initialize a file system containing 2048 1024 byte blocks

	      zeros 1024 2048 >kfs.file
	      mount -c {disk/kfs -r kfs.file} /n/local

SOURCE
       /appl/cmd/zeros.b

SEE ALSO
       kfs(4)

								      ZEROS(1)

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