generate-alt-random-writes: script to generate payload for profiling

scripts/generate-alt-random-writes.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import random
+import shutil
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    term_size = shutil.get_terminal_size()
+    lines = term_size.lines
+    cols = term_size.columns
+
+    # Number of characters to write to screen
+    count = 1 * 1024**2
+
+    # Characters to choose from
+    alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRTSTUVWXYZ0123456789 '
+
+    # Enter alt screen
+    sys.stdout.write('\033[?1049h')
+
+    for _ in range(count):
+        # Generate a random location and a random character
+        pos = (random.randint(0, cols), random.randint(0, lines))
+        c = random.choice(alphabet)
+
+        # Write character
+        sys.stdout.write(f'\033[{pos[1] + 1};{pos[0] + 1}H')
+        sys.stdout.write(c)
+
+    # Leave alt screen
+    sys.stdout.write('\033[?1049l')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())