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fc2381b901eb162810f54a11cc512b95f55a60dfAutomatic Updater<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
e1263b4b9c16f5ecd7640be046b1e1a5c592c1e0Automatic Updater<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>
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fc2381b901eb162810f54a11cc512b95f55a60dfAutomatic Updater <span><strong class="command">genrandom</strong></span>
e1263b4b9c16f5ecd7640be046b1e1a5c592c1e0Automatic Updater generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
e1263b4b9c16f5ecd7640be046b1e1a5c592c1e0Automatic Updater of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
e1263b4b9c16f5ecd7640be046b1e1a5c592c1e0Automatic Updater other commands on systems with no random device.
e1263b4b9c16f5ecd7640be046b1e1a5c592c1e0Automatic Updater<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt>
e1263b4b9c16f5ecd7640be046b1e1a5c592c1e0Automatic Updater In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
e1263b4b9c16f5ecd7640be046b1e1a5c592c1e0Automatic Updater (from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
fc2381b901eb162810f54a11cc512b95f55a60dfAutomatic Updater The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
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fc2381b901eb162810f54a11cc512b95f55a60dfAutomatic Updater <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rand</span>(3)</span>,
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