#!/bin/bash # Function to generate random number between two values random_number() { echo $((RANDOM % ($2 - $1 + 1) + $1)) } # Function to generate random string with non-computer-friendly characters random_string() { local length="$1" tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:<>?~' < /dev/urandom | head -c "$length" } # Function to calculate total number of folders to be created calculate_total_folders() { local depth="$1" local total=0 if [ "$depth" -le 10 ]; then local num_subfolders num_subfolders=$(random_number 1 50) total=$((num_subfolders + total)) for ((i = 1; i <= num_subfolders; i++)); do total=$((total + $(calculate_total_folders $((depth + 1))))) done fi echo "$total" } # Function to create folders and files recursively create_structure() { local current_depth="$1" local parent_dir="$2" local start_time="$3" if [ "$current_depth" -le 10 ]; then local num_subfolders num_subfolders=$(random_number 1 50) echo "Creating $num_subfolders subfolders at depth $current_depth" for ((i = 1; i <= num_subfolders; i++)); do local subfolder subfolder="$parent_dir/$(random_string 255)" mkdir -p "$subfolder" ((generated_folders++)) # Display progress local elapsed_time elapsed_time=$(($(date +%s) - start_time)) local estimated_total_time estimated_total_time=$((elapsed_time * total_folders / generated_folders)) local remaining_time remaining_time=$((estimated_total_time - elapsed_time)) echo "Generated: $generated_folders/$total_folders folders. Estimated time left: $remaining_time seconds." # Create random number of empty files local num_files num_files=$(random_number 10 100) echo "Creating $num_files files" for ((j = 1; j <= num_files; j++)); do touch "$subfolder/$(random_string 255)" done # Recursively create subfolders create_structure $((current_depth + 1)) "$subfolder" "$start_time" done fi } # Main folder main_folder="/home/k.rudnicki@aiclearing.com/testsAndMisc/Bash/main_folder" mkdir -p "$main_folder" # Calculate total folders to be created (best-effort). If calculation is expensive, you can uncomment. # total_folders=$(calculate_total_folders 1) # Fallback when not precomputed: estimate grows as we generate total_folders=${total_folders:-0} generated_folders=0 echo "Total folders to be generated: ${total_folders:-unknown}" # Start creating structure from the main folder start_time=$(date +%s) create_structure 1 "$main_folder" "$start_time"