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Linux - Files - Create random filenames with random content

#!/bin/bash
 
######## User settings ############
MAXDIRS=15
MAXDEPTH=7
MAXFILES=100000
MAXSIZE=8000000000
######## End of user settings ############
 
# How deep in the file system are we now?
TOP=`pwd|tr -cd '/'|wc -c`
populate() {
cd $1
curdir=$PWD
files=$(($RANDOM*$MAXFILES/32767))
for n in `seq $files`
do
f=`mktemp XXXXXX`
size=$(($RANDOM*$MAXSIZE/32767))
head -c $size /dev/urandom > $f
done
depth=`pwd|tr -cd '/'|wc -c`
if [ $(($depth-$TOP)) -ge $MAXDEPTH ]
then
return
fi
unset dirlist
dirs=$(($RANDOM*$MAXDIRS/32767))
for n in `seq $dirs`
do
d=`mktemp -d XXXXXX`
dirlist="$dirlist${dirlist:+ }$PWD/$d"
done
for dir in $dirlist
do
populate "$dir"
done
}
populate $PWD
linux/files/create_random_filenames_with_random_content.txt · Last modified: 2023/07/17 18:38 by peter

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