bulk-strings

A simple random bulk string generator. Useful for testing/benchmarking applications.

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save bulk-strings

Usage

Here are examples to generate 10 strings, 3-4 characters in length:

JavaScript

const bulkStrings = require('bulk-strings');

// generate 10 strings, 3-4 characters in length
bulkStrings({ total: 10, min: 3, max: 4 });

CLI

$ bulk-strings --total 10 --min 3 --max 4

Options

• total - The total number of strings to generate (default: 100).
• min - The minimum length of each string (default: 1).
• max - The maximum length of each string (default: 10).
• format - The output format (default: array). Valid options are:
  • array - JavaScript array
  • csv - Delimited string (useful with separator option)
  • json - JSON formatted string
• separator - Character(s) used to join the strings together (if format is csv) (default: ,).
• file - A file path to write output to.