On 2003-01-30 00:25, Darren Pilgrim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why isn't there a /dev/one device to provide an infinite number of > all-ones bytes?
Because it's easy to get any sequence of equal bytes by using just
/dev/zero and tr(1). Try this command and check the output of hd(1)
:-)
$ dd if=/dev/zero bs=512 count=1 | tr '\0' '\777' | hd
- Giorgos
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