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# fallocate
> Reserve or deallocate disk space to files.
> The utility allocates space without zeroing.
> More information: <https://manned.org/fallocate>.
- Reserve a file taking up 700 MiB of disk space:
`fallocate {{[-l|--length]}} {{700M}} {{path/to/file}}`
- Shrink an already allocated file by 200 MiB:
`fallocate {{[-c|--collapse-range]}} {{[-l|--length]}} {{200M}} {{path/to/file}}`
- Shrink 20 MB of space after 100 MiB in a file:
`fallocate {{[-c|--collapse-range]}} {{[-o|--offset]}} {{100M}} {{[-l|--length]}} {{20M}} {{path/to/file}}`