Dummy Files Creator
Application to generate dummy files with random content and different checksums. File units are corresponding powers of 210 (KiB, MiB, GiB).
For a bash-based (more performant) solution, see this project.
Usage
Both GUI and CLI modes are available. Note that CLI mode is recommended for creating large datasets.
GUI mode
To use the GUI mode, start dummyfilescreator without arguments. This mode is not recommended for creating large datasets.
CLI mode
Recommended for creating large datasets. The parameters for CLI mode are listed below.
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| --output / -o | Location where files will be created |
| --n-files / -n | Number of files to be created |
| --size / -fs | Size of files to be created |
| --unit / -fu | Size unit (KiB, MiB, GiB) |
| --chunk-size / -cs | Chunk size |
| --chunk-unit / -cu | Chunk size unit (KiB, MiB, GiB) |
| --log / -l | Saves log file. Affects performance |
| --hash / -ha | Includes md5 hash in log file. Affects performance |
| --progressbar / -p | Shows progress bar. Affects performance |
| --verbose / -v | Shows per-file progress bar. Affects performance |
Example:
- Create 5 files of 80 MiB each, show the individual file creation progress, and save the log file with md5 hash to /tmp.
$ dummyfilescreator -o=/tmp -n=5 -fs=80 -fu=MiB -cs=1 -cu=MiB -l=/tmp -ha -v
5 file(s) created in /tmp
Log file saved to /tmp
$ ls /tmp | grep dummy
71bfdea7-f701-40da-97c0-ff0331edd004.dummy
b2c97bc9-159d-41a7-ae8f-55c4d1d2c9ce.dummy
b853d34a-e38d-4f97-8648-9db937ce9a61.dummy
dummy-files-creator.csv
e7149851-0e3a-400f-a929-8ab84b0a0a25.dummy
e9658f26-eb5d-4547-b456-ca2020459f2f.dummy
$ tail -n 1 /tmp/dummy-files-creator.csv
"2022-06-12 22:59:52.213830","80MiB","/tmp/71bfdea7-f701-40da-97c0-ff0331edd004.dummy","442cc4ebbe37cad4025b4bb2049db497"
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Release files for dummyfilescreator 3.0.1
For a detailed explanation of source distributions (sdists) and built distributions (wheels), please see the package formats documentation.
Source distribution (sdist)
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| dummyfilescreator-3.0.1.tar.gz | 46.5 kB | Details |
Built distribution (wheel)
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| dummyfilescreator-3.0.1-py3-none-any.whl | Python 3 | none | any | Details |
Total release size: 93.4 kB
Release files / dummyfilescreator-3.0.1.tar.gz
| Download URL | dummyfilescreator-3.0.1.tar.gz |
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| Size | 46.5 kB |
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SHA-256 checksum How to use checksums |
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BLAKE2b-256 checksum How to use checksums |
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Release files / dummyfilescreator-3.0.1-py3-none-any.whl
| Download URL | dummyfilescreator-3.0.1-py3-none-any.whl |
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| Size | 46.9 kB |
| Tags | Python 3 |
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SHA-256 checksum How to use checksums |
b4483db765f4104e0fdefc159b5d7e5105524290dadaf85932aa8b0308d17c73
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BLAKE2b-256 checksum How to use checksums |
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