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Bash Script to Generate Random Files (small, medium, large)
# Generate Random Files
# @see: https://support.google.com/elastifile-support/answer/9899027?hl=en
# Usage: ./random-files.sh -d /path/to/ouput -s 10 -m 20 - l 5
# Large: <2GB
# Medium: <200MB, <8MB each
# Small: <1MB
DEST="$PWD"
SMALL=0
MEDIUM=0
LARGE=0
while getopts "d:s:m:l:" flag; do
case "${flag}" in
d) DEST=${OPTARG};;
s) SMALL=${OPTARG};;
m) MEDIUM=${OPTARG};;
l) LARGE=${OPTARG};;
esac
done
if [ -z "$DEST" ] || [ ! -d "$DEST" ]; then
echo "Error: destination (-d) '$DEST' must exist" >&2
exit 1
fi
if [ $LARGE -gt 0 ]; then
echo "Making $LARGE large files..."
mkdir -p "$DEST/large-files"
for n in $(seq 1 $LARGE); do
dd if=/dev/urandom of="$DEST/large-files/file$( printf "%03d" $n ).bin" bs=64k count=$(( RANDOM + 1024 )) > /dev/null 2>&1;
done
fi
if [ $MEDIUM -gt 0 ]; then
echo "Making $MEDIUM medium files..."
mkdir -p "$DEST/medium-files"
for n in $(seq 1 $MEDIUM); do
dd if=/dev/urandom of="$DEST/medium-files/file$( printf "%03d" $n ).bin" bs=8k count=$(( RANDOM + 1024 )) > /dev/null 2>&1;
done
for n in $(seq 1 $MEDIUM); do
dd if=/dev/urandom of="$DEST/medium-files/file$( printf "%03d" $n ).bin" bs=4k count=$(( RANDOM +1024 )) > /dev/null 2>&1;
done
fi
if [ $SMALL -gt 0 ]; then
echo "Making $SMALL small files..."
mkdir -p "$DEST/small-files"
for n in $(seq 1 $SMALL); do
dd if=/dev/urandom of="$DEST/small-files/file$( printf "%03d" $n ).bin" bs=1 count=$(( RANDOM + 1024 )) > /dev/null 2>&1;
done
fi
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