wrdk/samo-lib/scripts/MakeTestFile

#!/bin/sh
# create a test pattern to check SD Card reading

usage()
{
  [ -z "$1" ] || echo error: $*
  echo usage: $(basename "$0") '[--verbose] [--overwrite] filename length'
  echo '       filename = name of file to create, cannot already exist'
  echo '       length   = size (kBytes) to create'
  exit 1
}

verbose=0
overwrite=0
while :
do
  case "$1" in
    --verbose)
      verbose=1
      shift
      ;;
    --overwrite)
      overwrite=1
      shift
      ;;
    --help)
      usage
      ;;
    -*)
      usage invalid option
      ;;
    *)
      break
      ;;
  esac
done

filename="$1"; shift
[ -z "${filename}" ] && usage missing filename
[ 1 -eq ${overwrite} ] && rm -f "${filename}"
[ -e "${filename}" ] && usage file, ${filename} already exists

length="$1"; shift
[ -z "${length}" ] && usage missing length
[ 0 -eq ${length} ] && usage length cannot be zero


awk '
BEGIN {
  BlockCount = '"${length}"'
  pattern = ""
  for (i = 0; i < 1024; ++i)
  {
    pattern = pattern sprintf("%c", i)
  }

  for (block = 0; block < BlockCount; ++block)
  {
    printf "%s", pattern
  }
}' > "${filename}"