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# Huffman
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The `./testfiles` folder is ignored through gitignore, as it might contain large files.
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Use the following command to populate it or create your own testfiles.
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``dd if=/dev/urandom of=10K-random.img count=1K``
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``dd if=/dev/urandom of=10K-random.img count=1M``
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``dd if=/dev/urandom of=10K-random.img count=1G``
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Files with random bytes won't be able to be compressed by much, that is normal.
Instead, try something like a text file (or any other file with lower entropy), the LICENSE in the root of this repository for example.