title: Quickly create a large file on a Mac OS X system?
body: <p>In order to create a 10 GB temp file...</p>
  
  <p>In Linux you can do this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>fallocate -l 10G temp_10GB_file
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In Windows you can do this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>fsutil file createnew temp_10GB_file 10000000000
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>...but what about if you're in OS X?</p>