gen-fake-data

#! /usr/bin/env bash

#!/bin/bash

# Default values
num=1
size=512000  # Default size of 512kb
output="output"

# Parse command-line arguments
while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do
    case $1 in
        --num) num="$2"; shift ;;
        --size) size="$2"; shift ;;
        --output) output="$2"; shift ;;
        *) echo "Unknown parameter passed: $1"; exit 1 ;;
    esac
    shift
done

mkdir -p $output

# Generating files
for (( i=1; i<=num; i++ ))
do
    dd if=/dev/urandom of="$output/file_$i.dat" bs=$size count=1 status=none
    echo "Generated file_$i.dat of size $size bytes."
done

echo "Generated $num files each of size $size bytes."