pdrb / nim-fwrite

Create files of the desired size

fwrite

Create files of the desired size.

A Python version is also available.

Simple example:

$ fwrite testfile 100M

Install

Using nimble:

$ nimble install fwrite

Using nim compiler:

Since only the standard library is used, just download the single source code file and compile it:

$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pdrb/nim-fwrite/master/src/fwrite.nim
$ nim c -d:release fwrite.nim

Usage

Usage: fwrite filename size [options]

create files of the desired size, e.g., 'fwrite test 10M'

Options:
  -v, --version     show program's version number and exit
  -h, --help        show this help message and exit
  -r, --random      use random data (very slow)
  -l, --linefeed    append line feed every 1023 bytes

Examples

Create file "test" with 100KB:

$ fwrite test 100K

Create file "test" with 1GB:

$ fwrite test 1G

Create file "test" with 10MB of random data:

$ fwrite test 10M -r

Create file "test" with 10MB of random data with line feed:

$ fwrite test 10M -r -n