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6db1357c34f26079dc2516b02d712df228e3db99Jeremy Reed<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
6db1357c34f26079dc2516b02d712df228e3db99Jeremy Reed<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">genrandom</code> {<em class="replaceable"><code>size</code></em>} {<em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em>}</p></div>
6db1357c34f26079dc2516b02d712df228e3db99Jeremy Reed <span><strong class="command">genrandom</strong></span>
6db1357c34f26079dc2516b02d712df228e3db99Jeremy Reed generates a file containing a specified quantity of psuedo-random
6db1357c34f26079dc2516b02d712df228e3db99Jeremy Reed data, which can be used as a source of entropy for other commands
6db1357c34f26079dc2516b02d712df228e3db99Jeremy Reed on systems with no random device.
6db1357c34f26079dc2516b02d712df228e3db99Jeremy Reed The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
6db1357c34f26079dc2516b02d712df228e3db99Jeremy Reed The file name into which random data should be written.
6db1357c34f26079dc2516b02d712df228e3db99Jeremy Reed <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rand</span>(3)</span>,
6db1357c34f26079dc2516b02d712df228e3db99Jeremy Reed <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">arc4random</span>(3)</span>
6db1357c34f26079dc2516b02d712df228e3db99Jeremy Reed<p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>