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14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt<a name="man.genrandom"></a><div class="titlepage"></div>
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">genrandom</code> [<code class="option">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></code>] {<em class="replaceable"><code>size</code></em>} {<em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em>}</p></div>
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User <span><strong class="command">genrandom</strong></span>
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews other commands on systems with no random device.
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt>
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews (from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User The file name into which random data should be written.
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rand</span>(3)</span>,
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">arc4random</span>(3)</span>
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews<p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>