Generate a random directory hierarchy

random_directory_hierarchy.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Good source of text to feed in:
# curl -s -X POST lipsum.com/feed/json -d "amount=100" -d "what=words" -d"start=true" | jq -r '.feed.lipsum'

root_dir="$1"

if [ -z "$root_dir" ]; then
  echo "Usage: $(basename ${BASH_SOURCE}) <root directory>"
  exit 1
fi

if [ ! -d "$root_dir" ]; then
  echo "${root_dir} does not exist"
  exit 1
fi

echo "Creating bogus hierarchy under ${root_dir}"

while read line; do
  for word in $line; do
    sanitized_word=$( echo $word | tr -d '[:punct:]' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' )
    rand_parent_dir="$(find ${root_dir} -type d | gshuf -n1)"
    case $(( $RANDOM % 2 )) in
      0 )
        mkdir -p ${rand_parent_dir}/${sanitized_word}
      ;;
      1 )
        touch ${rand_parent_dir}/${sanitized_word}
      ;;
     esac
  done
done

tree $root_dir