#!/usr/bin/env bash dd if=/dev/zero of=valid.img bs=1M count=20 parted -s --align optimal valid.img --script mklabel gpt parted -s --align optimal valid.img --script mkpart primary ext4 0% 100% sudo losetup -fP valid.img LOOPDEV=$(losetup -j valid.img | cut -d: -f1) PARTITION1="${LOOPDEV}p1" sudo mkfs.ext4 $PARTITION1 sudo rm -rf /mnt/valid* sudo mkdir /mnt/valid sudo mount ${PARTITION1} /mnt/valid sudo mkdir /mnt/valid/empty_dir sudo umount /mnt/valid sudo losetup -d ${LOOPDEV} sudo rm -rf /mnt/valid* *.vmdk qemu-img convert valid.img -O vmdk malicious.vmdk