Pattern options

[lxndio]

There should be different options for setting a pattern:

• Predefined pattern
  • from CLI argument
    • as comma-seperated bytes
    • as UTF-8
  • from file
• Random pattern
  • with given length
  • with random length?
  • with increasing/decreasing length by given step size
• Pattern from fixed position in text (with given length)
• Multiple patterns from fixed positions in text (with given lengths)
• Pattern from random position in text
  • with given length
  • with random length?
  • with increasing/decreasing length by given step size

[lxndio]

The -p argument could be enhanced to accept increasing length by given step size like this:

step size 1: -p 1..10
step size n: -p 1..10,n