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curprev 17:4017:40, 14 April 2024 Nabijaczleweli talk contribs 4,365 bytes +8 →Examples undo
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curprev 17:3917:39, 14 April 2024 Nabijaczleweli talk contribs 4,355 bytes −72 Don't use dd to make files. The count=1 bs=1G example is especially egregious because it doesn't actually do what's described (as-written it does buf = malloc(1G); write(1, buf, read(0, buf, 1G)); this may actually write out whatever) undo

curprev 14:5014:50, 26 July 2023 IvanStepaniuk talk contribs 4,427 bytes −27 removed the link to low-level formatting. →Examples: Zeroing media is not equivalent to low level formatting, as explained in that article. undo

curprev 23:0323:03, 23 June 2023 Xcvista talk contribs m 4,454 bytes +36 →Examples undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 04:1404:14, 11 April 2023 Partofthemachine talk contribs 4,418 bytes +2 No edit summary undo

curprev 05:5605:56, 23 November 2022 Citation bot talk contribs 4,416 bytes +19 Add: date. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Whoop whoop pull up | #UCB_webform 67/202 undo

curprev 01:3501:35, 26 August 2022 Cedar101 talk contribs m 4,397 bytes −95 →Examples: {{val}}, {{abbr}} undo

curprev 11:4411:44, 25 August 2022 InternetArchiveBot talk contribs 4,492 bytes +359 Rescuing 2 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9 undo

curprev 04:1704:17, 23 April 2021 Citation bot talk contribs 4,133 bytes −40 Alter: url. URLs might have been anonymized. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Abductive | via #UCB_webform 523/679 undo

curprev 16:0016:00, 17 April 2021 SporkBot talk contribs m 4,173 bytes −25 Remove template per TFD outcome undo

curprev 20:1620:16, 22 June 2020 Noloader talk contribs m 4,198 bytes +52 Add /dev/zero to see also section. undo

curprev 06:5706:57, 20 April 2020 Xqbot talk contribs m 4,146 bytes +54 Bot: Replace deprecated <source> tag and "enclose" parameter [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2020-April/002284.html] undo

curprev 01:0001:00, 1 March 2020 Matthiaspaul talk contribs 4,092 bytes +74 added hatnote for disamb undo

curprev 15:4215:42, 23 January 2020 BernardoSulzbach talk contribs m 4,018 bytes +737 Reverting back enough this time undo
curprev 15:4015:40, 23 January 2020 BernardoSulzbach talk contribs m 3,281 bytes +193 Reverted 1 edit by 80.82.18.146 (talk) to last revision by 114.122.207.97 (TW) undo Tag: Undo
curprev 11:5511:55, 23 January 2020 80.82.18.146 talk 3,088 bytes −193 No edit summary undo
curprev 11:5111:51, 23 January 2020 114.122.207.97 talk 3,281 bytes −737 →Function undo Tags: references removed Mobile edit Mobile web edit adding email address

curprev 22:3922:39, 23 December 2019 BernardoSulzbach talk contribs 4,018 bytes +53 Improves consistency throughout the article: the way /dev/zero is formatted, the syntax highlighting used for the code segments, the placement of inline citations undo

curprev 18:0318:03, 9 September 2019 Sevanjan talk contribs m 3,965 bytes −44 citations provided. undo
curprev 18:0118:01, 9 September 2019 Sevanjan talk contribs 4,009 bytes +214 cite example of using /dev/zero for mmaping files. undo
curprev 14:1114:11, 9 September 2019 Sevanjan talk contribs 3,795 bytes +79 MAP_ANONYMOUS showed up in HP-UX 8.x, found by comparing sys/mman.h on 8.0.7 media as cited and 7.0 tape image from http://www.bitsavers.org/bits/HP/HP_9000/HPUX_7/24998-13353_HPUX_0700_Customized_Core_and_Subsys_1of2/24998-13353_HPUX_0700_Customized_Core_and_Subsys_1of2.dd undo
curprev 01:1201:12, 9 September 2019 Sevanjan talk contribs m 3,716 bytes +299 Add citations for anonymous memory undo

curprev 18:2418:24, 12 August 2019 Croomfolk talk contribs 3,417 bytes +66 Adding local short description: "Special file in Unix-like operating systems" (Shortdesc helper) undo

curprev 23:0923:09, 11 September 2017 Tedickey talk contribs 3,351 bytes −41 revert - need a WP:RS stating that the applicable standards specify this limit undo
curprev 21:2121:21, 11 September 2017 188.141.16.24 talk 3,392 bytes +41 Undid revision 800059444 by Tedickey (talk) Entire example section is unsourced. undo
curprev 09:0309:03, 11 September 2017 Tedickey talk contribs 3,351 bytes −41 revert unsourced change undo
curprev 02:1902:19, 11 September 2017 188.141.16.24 talk 3,392 bytes +41 Add details on dd undo

curprev 21:3221:32, 13 October 2016 Bender the Bot talk contribs m 3,351 bytes +3 http→https for Google Books and Google News using AWB undo

curprev 13:4513:45, 26 August 2016 ClueBot NG talk contribs m 3,348 bytes −55 Reverting possible vandalism by 50.176.100.147 to version by GeoffreyT2000. Report False Positive? Thanks, ClueBot NG. (2741162) (Bot) undo
curprev 13:4513:45, 26 August 2016 50.176.100.147 talk 3,403 bytes +55 →History undo Tag: repeating characters

curprev 21:4421:44, 14 May 2016 GTrang talk contribs 3,348 bytes −24 →References: Removed Category:0 (number). undo
curprev 19:0819:08, 14 May 2016 2601:281:8103:2260:6952:1a5:752a:20bc talk 3,372 bytes +9 →Examples: As documented earlier in the article, /dev/zero outputs nulls (binary zeroes). To reduce confusion for those expecting this command will fill a file with ASCII zeroes, this rephrasing is suggested. undo

curprev 22:1522:15, 25 February 2016 Wrapash talk contribs 3,363 bytes +1 →Examples: G is 1024*1024*1024, so not SI. To use SI one has to write "GB". See this page: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/dd.1.html undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 23:2623:26, 15 October 2015 Intgr talk contribs m 3,362 bytes −5 Revert another overlooked edit. Undid revision 685931570 by 2601:80:C200:3560:17:BC89:72BF:8A76 (talk) undo
curprev 22:1122:11, 15 October 2015 Mracidglee talk contribs m 3,367 bytes +1 The actual file is /dev/zero undo
curprev 22:1122:11, 15 October 2015 2601:80:c200:3560:17:bc89:72bf:8a76 talk 3,366 bytes +5 No edit summary undo
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curprev 09:3809:38, 26 December 2014 FrescoBot talk contribs m 3,362 bytes −26 Bot: link syntax undo

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curprev 09:1909:19, 5 December 2014 AnomieBOT talk contribs m 3,388 bytes +76 Dating maintenance tags: {{Unreferenced-section}} {{Cn}} undo
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curprev 12:3512:35, 4 December 2014 Schily talk contribs 3,269 bytes +396 HISTORY section added undo

curprev 19:1719:17, 3 December 2014 Bgwhite talk contribs 2,873 bytes 0 Convert depreciated tt tag using AWB (10497) undo

curprev 21:5921:59, 28 November 2014 Cydebot talk contribs m 2,873 bytes +6 Robot - Moving category Zero to Category:0 (number) per CFD at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 November 19. undo

curprev 10:2110:21, 14 November 2014 194.45.106.2 talk 2,867 bytes +237 →Examples: Mention sparse files - as requested with reference undo

curprev 14:1414:14, 12 November 2014 MrBill3 talk contribs 2,630 bytes −185 Reverted 1 good faith edit by 194.45.106.2 using STiki undo
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curprev 06:4706:47, 19 July 2014 Yobot talk contribs m 2,630 bytes +14 WP:CHECKWIKI error fixes using AWB (10310) undo

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