Generate given number of random files

generate-random.sh

#!/bin/bash

TARGET_FILE_NUM=$1
CURRENT_FILE_NUM=`ls -l | wc -l`
FILES_TO_GENERATE=$((TARGET_FILE_NUM - CURRENT_FILE_NUM))

if [[ $FILES_TO_GENERATE -lt 0 ]]; then
	echo "We already have $CURRENT_FILE_NUM files, no need to generate more"
	exit
fi

echo "Generating $FILES_TO_GENERATE more files in order to acheive the goal of $TARGET_FILE_NUM"

for i in $(seq $CURRENT_FILE_NUM $TARGET_FILE_NUM);
do
	printf "."
	if [ $((i % 100)) -eq 0 ]; then
		printf $i
	fi
	uuid=`uuidgen`
	newname="imqa_${uuid}"
	head -c $(($RANDOM/10+1))  </dev/urandom > $newname
done