https://github.com/shellshape/makeitbig

A tiny CLI tool to generate files with random data of a given size.
https://github.com/shellshape/makeitbig

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A tiny CLI tool to generate files with random data of a given size.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/shellshape/makeitbig
• Owner: shellshape
• Created: 2024-01-29T14:12:39.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-01-29T15:59:54.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-25T05:51:27.272Z (11 months ago)
• Language: Rust
• Homepage:
• Size: 5.86 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# makeitbig

A tiny CLI tool to generate files with random data of a given size.

## Usage

```

$ makeitbig --help

Tiny CLI tool to generate random files of given sizes

Usage: makeitbig [OPTIONS] --size 

Options:

  -o, --output 

          File to write output to. If not specified, output is written to StdOut.

  -s, --size 

          Size of the output.

          Format examples: 512, 2m, 8G, ...

      --chunk-size 

          Size of each write buffer. Larger buffer size can improve write speed but increases memory consumption.

          Format examples: 512, 2m, 8G, ...

          

          [default: 4k]

  -z, --zeroed

          Write zero bytes instead of random data

  -h, --help

          Print help (see a summary with '-h')

  -V, --version

          Print version

```

## Install

You can either download the latest release builds form the [Releases page](https://github.com/zekroTJA/makeitbig/releases) or you can install it using cargo install.

```

cargo install --git https://github.com/shellshape/makeitbig

```