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Date: 2007apr17

A.  How can I "peg" (max out) the CPU on my Linux box (for testing)?

Q.  Here are some good ways:

	cat /dev/zero >/dev/null
	cat /dev/urandom >/dev/null
	grep hello /dev/urandom
	tail /dev/zero

None of these need any disk access so just take as much CPU as they can get.
On my box about 50%.  If you are using these for purposes other than
stress testing your own box... you didn't hear it here.
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