Question

I need to test how many directories and files I can create on a filesystem (network mounted and local (usb) drives). I now use this bash line:

for i in {0..999999}; do mkdir -p $i; pushd $i; done

I know that it probably can be done better and I’d like to know how to. (in bash, not too complicated)

Answer 1

while (true); do
  mkdir a
  cd a
done

Creates something like ./a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/…