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span class="application">genrandom</
span> — generate a file containing random data</
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code class="command">genrandom</
code> [<
code class="option">-n <
em class="replaceable"><
code>number</
code></
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code>size</
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1366N/A <
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strong>genrandom</
strong></
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1366N/A generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
911N/A of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
153N/A other commands on systems with no random device.
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span class="term">-n <
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970N/A In place of generating one file, generates <
code class="option">number</
code>
970N/A (from 2 to 9) files, appending <
code class="option">number</
code> to the name.
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span class="term">size</
span></
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153N/A The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
969N/A<
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span class="term">filename</
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153N/A The file name into which random data should be written.
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span>(3)</
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1196N/A <
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span class="refentrytitle">arc4random</
span>(3)</
span>