5 KB INI sample
An INI file of exactly 5,120 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 5 KB sample, test or dummy INI file.
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sample-ini-5kb.ini
5 KB5,120 bytes
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- Type
- text/plain
- SHA-256
2a6a4d30b382c2ab52e8ec9c8bf9076766483fd60ee2606e37c944b11de6495a- Delivery
- Created in your browser from static generator assets (how it works).
What is in this file
A [general] section and 43 [record-N] sections of key = value pairs. Comment lines at the end bring the file to the exact size.
| Sections | 44 |
|---|---|
| Comment character | Semicolon |
| Quoting | None |
| Encoding | UTF-8 (ASCII characters only) |
How the file begins
The opening lines of sample-ini-5kb.ini, exactly as they appear in the file.
00000000 3b 20 53 61 6d 70 6c 65 54 65 73 74 46 69 6c 65 |; SampleTestFile|
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 20 4b 42 29 0a 5b 67 65 6e 65 72 61 |e (5 KB).[genera|
00000030 6c 5d 0a 67 65 6e 65 72 61 74 6f 72 20 3d 20 53 |l].generator = S|Preview
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Where 5 KB matters
A 5,120-byte file: larger than a cookie, smaller than a typical HTTP header limit. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:
| System | Limit | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Browser cookies | 4,096 bytes per cookie | 5 KB does not fit in one cookie. |
| Vite asset inlining | 4 KB by default (assetsInlineLimit) | A 5 KB asset is emitted as a separate file rather than inlined as base64. |
| nginx and Apache request headers | 8 KB per header line by default | 5 KB fits; the 10 KB sample does not. |
Use this file for
- Smoke tests in CI that must run in milliseconds
- Testing configuration readers
- Checking migration to YAML or TOML
Testing notes for INI
- Because nothing is standardised, test with the exact parser you ship; a file that one library accepts another may reject.
Technical details
| File name | sample-ini-5kb.ini |
|---|---|
| Format | INI (INI configuration file) |
| Extension | .ini |
| MIME type | text/plain |
| Size | 5,120 bytes (5 KB) |
| Kind | Text |
| SHA-256 | 2a6a4d30b382c2ab52e8ec9c8bf9076766483fd60ee2606e37c944b11de6495a |
| 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
This file is created in your browser, so it has no direct URL for curl or wget. The generator is designed to produce reproducible bytes. After saving, compare the checksum with the SHA-256 value above.
sha256sum sample-ini-5kb.ini # Linux
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Questions about this file
- Is this file exactly 5 KB?
- Yes. It is 5,120 bytes, which is 5 KB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 5,120 bytes).
- What is inside the 5 KB INI file?
- A [general] section and 43 [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.