#!/bin/bash # use whatever meaningless text you like here: text="thequickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog thequickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog thequickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog " # try and write 10000 files, adjust this if required i=1 while [ $i -le 10000 ] do # generate a unique filename using the date command filename="file-`date +%s.%N`" # display progress echo "$i $filename" # write 1,000,000 lines to each file j=1 while [ $j -le 1000000 ] do echo $text >> ~/mount/disk/$filename ((j++)) done ((i++)) done