add script to generate a example folder for collecting many files

testing/example_scripts/perf_examples/collect_stats/.gitignore

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+foo_*

testing/example_scripts/perf_examples/collect_stats/generate_folders.py

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+import argparse
+import pathlib
+
+
+HERE = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent
+TEST_CONTENT = (HERE / "template_test.py").read_bytes()
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument("numbers", nargs="*", type=int)
+
+
+def generate_folders(root, elements, *more_numbers):
+    fill_len = len(str(elements))
+    if more_numbers:
+        for i in range(elements):
+            new_folder = root.joinpath(f"foo_{i:0>{fill_len}}")
+            new_folder.mkdir()
+            new_folder.joinpath("__init__.py").write_bytes(TEST_CONTENT)
+            generate_folders(new_folder, *more_numbers)
+    else:
+        for i in range(elements):
+            new_test = root.joinpath(f"test_{i:0<{fill_len}}.py")
+            new_test.write_bytes(TEST_CONTENT)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    generate_folders(HERE, *(args.numbers or (10, 100)))

testing/example_scripts/perf_examples/collect_stats/template_test.py

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+def test_x():
+    pass