July 15, 2024

Generate a fake list of name, email address, phone number and more with faker

Install the programme faker:

$ sudo apt install faker

Then, for example, to generate a fake list of 10 Italian names along with email addresses and birthdates run:

$ faker -l it_IT -r=10 -s=";" profile name,email,birthdate

This command produces a list in json format. I need to figure how to convert that list to csv, maybe using jq.

Run $ man faker to see all other possible options.

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