#!/bin/bash -eu NUM=${1-1000} FILE="groups.json" echo "{" > "$FILE" echo " \"group_list\": [" >> "$FILE" for i in $(seq 1 "$NUM"); do { echo " {" echo " \"name\": \"group$i\"," echo " \"description\": \"group description $i\"" } >> "$FILE" if [ "$i" -lt "$NUM" ]; then echo " }," >> "$FILE" else echo " }" >> "$FILE" fi done echo " ]" >> "$FILE" echo "}" >> "$FILE"