dbgen

database generator cli utility tool

SYNOPSIS

  dbgen [OPTION]... [DELIM]... [FIELD]...

DESCRIPTION

  (WIP)

INSTALLING

  (WIP) type sudo make install to build dbgen in your usr/local/bin
  type make to build dbgen in it's folder.

OPTIONS

  -r
        random values from specified field file or range of numbers.
  -u      
        unique values from specified field file or range of numbers.
  -s      
        scale values proportionally to field's range of numbers (if specified).
  ~     (WIP) will assume the next column is linked to the leftmost
        standalone (not linked to any other) column.

DELIM

  /s
        delim of designated column will be blank space
  /t
        delim of designated column will be tab
  \ " ' ;
        delim of designated column will be any of the above chars

FIELD

 Every field must be enclosed by square brackets, and can either assume 
 a range of numbers to be manipulated, or a file to have it's members 
 manipulated. 

 To indicate a limit on how much numbers or file strings are to be, a value
 should be indicated after a comma.

 Examples:

    dbgen [100-500]
        will generate any values from 1 to 500 linearly
    dbgen -r [100-500,25]
        will generate 25 possible values from 1 to 500 randomly
    dbgen -r [file.txt]
        will fetch any line from file.txt from 1 to n randomly
    dbgen -rus [1000-3000]
        will generate unique values from 1000 to 3000, that scale
        proportionally to the database size, and are randomly arranged