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span class="application">genrandom</
span> — generate a file containing random data</
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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></
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h2>DESCRIPTION</
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span class="command"><
strong>genrandom</
strong></
span>
generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
other commands on systems with no random device.
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h2>ARGUMENTS</
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span class="term">-n <
em class="replaceable"><
code>number</
code></
em></
span></
dt>
In place of generating one file, generates <
code class="option">number</
code>
(from 2 to 9) files, appending <
code class="option">number</
code> to the name.
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span class="term">size</
span></
dt>
The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
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span class="term">filename</
span></
dt>
The file name into which random data should be written.
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h2>SEE ALSO</
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span class="refentrytitle">rand</
span>(3)</
span>,
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span class="refentrytitle">arc4random</
span>(3)</
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