fwrite

Create files of the desired size.

Simple example:

$ fwrite testfile 100M

Notes

• Works on Python 2 and Python 3
• Uses only Python standard library for maximum compatibility

Install

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

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

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