- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- OPTIONS
  - General options

# SYNOPSIS

       extester [-stdout <text>]  [-stderr <text>]            \
                [-exit <integer>] [-signal <integer>]         \
                [-sleep <seconds> [-progress <seconds>] ]     \
                [-create <file>=<number> [<file>=<number>...]

       extester -help
       extester -version

# DESCRIPTION

A simple script that does nothing except that:

- it may print a given text to its standard output
- it may print a given text to its standard error
- it may exit with a given exit code
- it may send to itself a given signal (which may cause exiting)
- it may sleep for a given time period before exiting (or signaling)
- it may print a short progress report on its standard error every given interval
- it may create one or more output files (whose names may iclude subdirectorie that will also be created) and fill them with the given number of lines

  For example:

         extester -create a.tmp=1 dir/dor/b.tmp=5 empty.dir/=0

  creates:

         ./a.tmp          size:  2
         ./dir/dor/b.tmp  size: 15
         ./empty.dir      an empty directory

# OPTIONS

## General options

-help

  Print documentation and exits.

-version

  Print the version and exits.