#!/bin/bash NUM=1000 FILE="users_present.json" echo "{" > $FILE echo " \"users\": [" >> $FILE for i in $(seq 1 $NUM); do echo " {" >> $FILE echo " \"name\": \"user$i\"," >> $FILE echo " \"first\": \"First $i\"," >> $FILE echo " \"last\": \"Last $i\"" >> $FILE if [ $i -lt $NUM ]; then echo " }," >> $FILE else echo " }" >> $FILE fi done echo " ]" >> $FILE echo "}" >> $FILE