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    Linux Bash generate a number of files of random sizes in a range
  
        
  
    
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  | #!/bin/bash | |
| # generate a number of files with random sizes in a range | |
| min=1 # min size (MB) | |
| max=10 # max size (MB) | |
| nofiles=20 # number of files | |
| for i in `eval echo {1..$nofiles}` | |
| do | |
| dd bs=1M count=$(($RANDOM%max + $min)) if=/dev/urandom of=./files/file$i | |
| done | 
  
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I think you have to change bs and count like this:
dd bs=$(($RANDOM%max + $min))M count=1 if=/dev/urandom of=./files/file$i