On 08/19/2013 10:20 AM, Johannes Sixt wrote: > Am 19.08.2013 08:38, schrieb Steffen Prohaska: >> +test_expect_success EXPENSIVE 'filter large file' ' >> + git config filter.largefile.smudge cat && >> + git config filter.largefile.clean cat && >> + for i in $(test_seq 1 2048); do printf "%1048576d" 1; done >2GB && > > Shouldn't you count to 2049 to get a file that is over 2GB? Would it be possible to offload the looping from shell to a real program? So for example truncate -s 2049M should do the job. That would create a file reading all bytes as zeros being larger as 2G. If truncate is not available, what about dd? Stefan