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Snippet: Generate Test Files with PowerShell (PowerShell)

Title:	Generate Test Files with PowerShell	Language:	PowerShell
Description:	Creates N number of test files of a specific size. You can control where the files are created, how many to create and the size to create them. You can also control what filler character is used to file the file.	Views:	70
Author:	Michael Wood	Date Added:	7/4/2008

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Code

function Create-TestFile([string]$location, [long]$sizeInBytes, [int]$numberOfFiles = 1 ,[char]$fillerChar="X")
{
$fc = new-object string ($fillerChar, $sizeInBytes ) ;
1..$numberOfFiles | %{ [io.file]::WriteAllText("$location\TestFile-$_.txt", $fc) }
}

Usage

Create-TestFile "C:\temp" 2100 #creates a file 2100 bytes in size.

Notes

Modified from example at : http://www.winterdom.com/weblog/2008/04/09/GeneratingFilesWithPowerShell.aspx