Create a file of a specific size with random printable strings in bash

Question

I want to create a file of a specific size containing only printable strings in bash.

My first thought was to use /dev/urandom:

dd if=/d         


        

Answer 1

Quick and dirty bash solution

Based on your request, using string on urandom

dd if=<(strings 

.. or even

dd bs=4K count=25600 if=/dev/urandom |
    tr \\000-\\037\\200-\\377 \\040-\\077\\040-\\077\\040-\\140 >/tmp/file