#!/bin/bash TREE_BASE=/mnt/dirtree for (( d=0; d<50; d++ )) do mkdir -p $TREE_BASE/dir$d for (( f=0; f<50; f++ )) do ls > $TREE_BASE/dir$d/file$f done done echo "Foo bar file" > $TREE_BASE/foo_file ln $TREE_BASE/foo_file $TREE_BASE/../foo_link