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Resize a File in Command Prompt?

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Mar 15, 202642010 views

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How do I resize a file from the command prompt (or in a batch file)? It needs to treat the file as binary. The file format is irrelevant and arbitrary. Extending the file should pad it with zeros. Shrinking the file should truncate the file. In other words: How do you duplicate the functionality of…

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I don't believe the functionality exists natively in the DOS shell, I suspect you need to use another program to get the job done. Here are a few possibilities: There is a tool called Trunc which claims to do exactly what you are after: Trunc is a W…

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