500 KB INI sample

An INI file of exactly 512,000 bytes. It is a valid INI configuration file file, generated by this site. Compare its checksum and test it with the parser used by your application. Use it wherever you need a 500 KB sample, test or dummy INI file.

sample-ini-500kb.ini

500 KB512,000 bytes

Download 500 KB INI

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Type: text/plain
SHA-256: bc965338a58dd0a46525662669cac22377dca9f81f4a3983102cbfdfdb75854d
Delivery: Created in your browser from static generator assets (how it works).

What is in this file

A [general] section and 4,379 [record-N] sections of key = value pairs. Comment lines at the end bring the file to the exact size.

Sections	4,380
Comment character	Semicolon
Quoting	None
Encoding	UTF-8 (ASCII characters only)

How the file begins

The opening lines of sample-ini-500kb.ini, exactly as they appear in the file.

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00000010  73 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65  20 49 4e 49 20 66 69 6c |s sample INI fil|
00000020  65 20 28 35 30 30 20 4b  42 29 0a 5b 67 65 6e 65 |e (500 KB).[gene|
00000030  72 61 6c 5d 0a 67 65 6e  65 72 61 74 6f 72 20 3d |ral].generator =|

Preview

Creates the file in your browser and shows the first 64 KB of it.

Where 500 KB matters

A 512,000-byte file: larger than most API body limits, smaller than most upload limits. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:

System	Limit	Note
Amazon DynamoDB items	400 KB per item	500 KB cannot be stored as a single item.
Express body parsers	100 KB by default	Rejected unless the limit is raised.
nginx request body	1 MB by default (client_max_body_size)	Accepted with room to spare.

All 500 KB sample files

Use this file for

Checking email size handling
Testing settings import in desktop software
Testing configuration readers

Testing notes for INI

Because nothing is standardised, test with the exact parser you ship; a file that one library accepts another may reject.

INI format reference

Technical details

File name	sample-ini-500kb.ini
Format	INI (INI configuration file)
Extension	.ini
MIME type	text/plain
Size	512,000 bytes (500 KB)
Kind	Text
SHA-256	bc965338a58dd0a46525662669cac22377dca9f81f4a3983102cbfdfdb75854d
Created	2026-10-23
Validation	See the listed size and SHA-256. Small downloads are checked in the browser; verify streamed downloads manually. A hash match does not prove parser compatibility.
Preview	Available on this page
Source	Generated in your browser by this site's generator; not copied from elsewhere
Licence	Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms)
Category	Configuration

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Verify your copy

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sha256sum sample-ini-500kb.ini     # Linux
shasum -a 256 sample-ini-500kb.ini # macOS

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 500 KB?: Yes. It is 512,000 bytes, which is 500 KB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 500 KB INI file?: A [general] section and 4,379 [record-N] sections of key = value pairs. Comment lines at the end bring the file to the exact size.
Which comment style do the samples use?: Semicolons, which the widest range of parsers accept.

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