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250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
1bc9afc3313249d656abae2d298c8d84308891d0Andreas Gustafsson<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>
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson<a name="id2647939"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson <span><strong class="command">genrandom</strong></span>
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
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250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt>
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
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250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson The file name into which random data should be written.
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