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268a4475065fe6a8cd7cc707820982cf5e98f430Rob Austein<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt<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>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt <span><strong class="command">genrandom</strong></span>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt other commands on systems with no random device.
b7a823a402eb5c4e99f283e58d778a903d2e72f5Michał Kępień<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt>
b7a823a402eb5c4e99f283e58d778a903d2e72f5Michał Kępień In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
b7a823a402eb5c4e99f283e58d778a903d2e72f5Michał Kępień (from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
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30eec077db2bdcb6f2a0dc388a3cdde2ede75ec1Mark Andrews <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rand</span>(3)</span>,
268a4475065fe6a8cd7cc707820982cf5e98f430Rob Austein <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">arc4random</span>(3)</span>
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