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fc2381b901eb162810f54a11cc512b95f55a60dfAutomatic Updater<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
fc2381b901eb162810f54a11cc512b95f55a60dfAutomatic Updater<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>
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fc2381b901eb162810f54a11cc512b95f55a60dfAutomatic Updater <span><strong class="command">genrandom</strong></span>
fc2381b901eb162810f54a11cc512b95f55a60dfAutomatic Updater generates a file containing a specified quantity of pseudo-random
fc2381b901eb162810f54a11cc512b95f55a60dfAutomatic Updater data, which can be used as a source of entropy for other commands
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fc2381b901eb162810f54a11cc512b95f55a60dfAutomatic Updater The file name into which random data should be written.
fc2381b901eb162810f54a11cc512b95f55a60dfAutomatic Updater <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rand</span>(3)</span>,
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