From 330e11c45d8144e1a371165472b336561ea858d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PlexSheep <58274330+PlexSheep@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2022 01:21:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- huffman/README.md | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/huffman/README.md b/huffman/README.md index 0d0b8c5..7ee322b 100644 --- a/huffman/README.md +++ b/huffman/README.md @@ -1,10 +1,14 @@ # Huffman -the testfiles folder is unpopulated and not staged through gitignore, as it might contain large files. +The `./testfiles` folder is ignored through gitignore, as it might contain large files. Use the following command to populate it or create your own testfiles. ``dd if=/dev/urandom of=10K-random.img count=1K`` + ``dd if=/dev/urandom of=10K-random.img count=1M`` + +``dd if=/dev/urandom of=10K-random.img count=1G`` + ... -files with random bytes wont be able to be compressed byy much, that is normal. -Instead try something like a text file. The LICENSE in the root of this repo for example. +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.