https://github.com/pdrb/nim-fwrite

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

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Create files of the desired size

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/pdrb/nim-fwrite
• Owner: pdrb
• License: mit
• Created: 2019-10-01T00:33:07.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-10-09T21:43:16.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-31T05:23:57.632Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Nim
• Size: 2.93 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.rst
  • License: LICENSE

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fwrite

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Create files of the desired size.

A Python version is `also available `_.

Simple example::

    $ fwrite testfile 100M

Install

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**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

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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 line feed::

    $ fwrite test 10M -r -n