From c2dd4d5d34fffe2ef2bc7cd4ae5b43605703eb6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 17:47:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] tests: wc: simplify construction of the input file

* tests/wc/page-size.sh: Prefer 'truncate' redirecting 'head /dev/zero'.
Suggested by Andreas Schwab.
---
 tests/wc/page-size.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/wc/page-size.sh b/tests/wc/page-size.sh
index 94ee45ce1..e2ebacfe6 100755
--- a/tests/wc/page-size.sh
+++ b/tests/wc/page-size.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ print_ver_ wc
 page_size=$(getconf PAGESIZE || echo 4096)
 
 for multiple in $(seq 3); do
-  head -c $page_size /dev/zero >> file || framework_failure_
+  truncate -s +$page_size file || framework_failure_
   # Count the entire file as a sanity check.
   wc -c < file > out 2> err || fail=1
   file_size=$(($multiple * $page_size))