$ df -i /
Filesystem               Inodes  IUsed   IFree IUse% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/fedora-root 3276800 355850 2920950   11% /

$ df -i /
Filesystem               Inodes  IUsed   IFree IUse% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/fedora-root 3276800 355850 2920950   11% /

$ sudo mkdir /somedir

$ df -i /
Filesystem               Inodes  IUsed   IFree IUse% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/fedora-root 3276800 355851 2920949   11% /

$ sudo mkdir /somedir/1
$ df -i /
Filesystem               Inodes  IUsed   IFree IUse% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/fedora-root 3276800 355852 2920948   11% /

$ sudo mkdir /somedir/2
$ df -i /
Filesystem               Inodes  IUsed   IFree IUse% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/fedora-root 3276800 355853 2920947   11% /

$ sudo mkdir /somedir/3
$ df -i /
Filesystem               Inodes  IUsed   IFree IUse% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/fedora-root 3276800 355854 2920946   11% /

$ ln -s afile ln1
$ df -i .
Filesystem                          Inodes   IUsed    IFree IUse% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/fedora_greeneggs-home 26722304 1153662 25568642    5% /home

$ ln -s afile ln2
$ df -i .
Filesystem                          Inodes   IUsed    IFree IUse% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/fedora_greeneggs-home 26722304 1153663 25568641    5% /home

$ ln -s afile ln3
$ df -i .
Filesystem                          Inodes   IUsed    IFree IUse% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/fedora_greeneggs-home 26722304 1153664 25568640    5% /home

while [ $(df --output=iavail / | tail -n1) -gt 0 ]; do
    touch $((i++));
done

zsh -c 'repeat 1000 ((repeat 1000 {exec {fd}> file; rm file}
          exec sleep 1000 >&-) | cat)'