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b05ab3ff5ab54aa22610b13d56eaba6ddfc3db60nd<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
b05ab3ff5ab54aa22610b13d56eaba6ddfc3db60nd<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>
b05ab3ff5ab54aa22610b13d56eaba6ddfc3db60nd generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
b05ab3ff5ab54aa22610b13d56eaba6ddfc3db60nd of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
b05ab3ff5ab54aa22610b13d56eaba6ddfc3db60nd other commands on systems with no random device.
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b05ab3ff5ab54aa22610b13d56eaba6ddfc3db60nd In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
b05ab3ff5ab54aa22610b13d56eaba6ddfc3db60nd (from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
b05ab3ff5ab54aa22610b13d56eaba6ddfc3db60nd The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
22d5d84393d960a2027f472036f3fee15d7dbce9nd The file name into which random data should be written.
b05ab3ff5ab54aa22610b13d56eaba6ddfc3db60nd <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rand</span>(3)</span>,
b05ab3ff5ab54aa22610b13d56eaba6ddfc3db60nd <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">arc4random</span>(3)</span>
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