https://github.com/pdrb/fwrite

Create files of the desired size
https://github.com/pdrb/fwrite

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Create files of the desired size

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/pdrb/fwrite
• Owner: pdrb
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-02-07T21:40:15.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-01-14T15:53:41.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-31T10:37:40.686Z (14 days ago)
• Topics: create, file, python, size, write
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 6.84 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.rst
  • License: LICENSE

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fwrite

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Create files of the desired size.

Simple example::

    $ fwrite testfile 100M

Notes

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- Works on Python 2 and Python 3

- Uses only Python standard library for maximum compatibility

Install

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Install using pip::

    pip install fwrite

or

Download and set executable permission on the script file::

    chmod +x fwrite.py

or

Download and run using the python interpreter::

    python fwrite.py

Usage

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    Usage: fwrite filename size [options]

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

    Options:

    --version       show program's version number and exit

    -h, --help      show this help message and exit

    -r, --random    use random data (very slow)

    -n, --newlines  append new line every 1023 bytes

Examples

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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 lines::

    $ fwrite test 10M -r -n

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