Generate random files

random_files.py

import time
import os

FILE_COUNT = 50
FILE_SIZE = 1 * 1024 * 1024
PATH = "/tmp/random-files"
TIME = time.time()

os.system("mkdir -p %s" % PATH)
os.system("rm -f %s/*" % PATH)

for i in range(FILE_COUNT):
    print "%s..." % i
    f = open("%s/%s-%s.bin" % (PATH, TIME, i), "w")
    f.write(os.urandom(FILE_SIZE))
    f.close()

print "Created %s files in %s" % (FILE_COUNT, PATH)