From 6401709111fa652afa442d1d5577840baff2741c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erik Schultink <erik@worklytics.co>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 09:03:31 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] tool to create a large test file

---
 tools/create-large-test-file.sh | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 tools/create-large-test-file.sh

diff --git a/tools/create-large-test-file.sh b/tools/create-large-test-file.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5e802893d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/create-large-test-file.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check if the input file and number of repetitions are provided
+if [ "$#" -ne 3 ]; then
+    printf "\033[0;31mUsage: $0 <filename> <number_of_repetitions>\033[0m\n"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+input_file=$1
+repetitions=$2
+output_file=$3
+
+# Check if the input file exists
+if [ ! -f "$input_file" ]; then
+    printf "\033[0;31mError: File '$input_file' not found.\033[0m\n"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Clear the output file if it already exists
+> "$output_file"
+
+# Concatenate the file with itself specified number of times
+for (( i=0; i<repetitions; i++ ))
+do
+    cat "$input_file" >> "$output_file"
+done
+
+printf "\033[0;32mSuccessfully created '$output_file'.\033[0m\n"