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5f9dfb422a6ed57822f9c0cb94fa7df8d24acc9bvboxsync<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
5f9dfb422a6ed57822f9c0cb94fa7df8d24acc9bvboxsync<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>
5f9dfb422a6ed57822f9c0cb94fa7df8d24acc9bvboxsync <span><strong class="command">genrandom</strong></span>
5f9dfb422a6ed57822f9c0cb94fa7df8d24acc9bvboxsync generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
5f9dfb422a6ed57822f9c0cb94fa7df8d24acc9bvboxsync of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
5f9dfb422a6ed57822f9c0cb94fa7df8d24acc9bvboxsync other commands on systems with no random device.
5f9dfb422a6ed57822f9c0cb94fa7df8d24acc9bvboxsync<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt>
5f9dfb422a6ed57822f9c0cb94fa7df8d24acc9bvboxsync In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
5f9dfb422a6ed57822f9c0cb94fa7df8d24acc9bvboxsync (from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
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5f9dfb422a6ed57822f9c0cb94fa7df8d24acc9bvboxsync The file name into which random data should be written.
5f9dfb422a6ed57822f9c0cb94fa7df8d24acc9bvboxsync <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rand</span>(3)</span>,
5f9dfb422a6ed57822f9c0cb94fa7df8d24acc9bvboxsync <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">arc4random</span>(3)</span>
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