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06ba4a61654b3763ad65f52283832ebf058fdf1cslive<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
06ba4a61654b3763ad65f52283832ebf058fdf1cslive<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>
97a9a944b5887e91042b019776c41d5dd74557aferikabele <span><strong class="command">genrandom</strong></span>
06ba4a61654b3763ad65f52283832ebf058fdf1cslive generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
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b686b6a420bde7f78c416b90be11db94cb789979nd other commands on systems with no random device.
b686b6a420bde7f78c416b90be11db94cb789979nd<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt>
b686b6a420bde7f78c416b90be11db94cb789979nd In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
b686b6a420bde7f78c416b90be11db94cb789979nd (from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
b686b6a420bde7f78c416b90be11db94cb789979nd The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
75585bd48fe0f30483dba4762e61edf39ea3e0f6nd The file name into which random data should be written.
75585bd48fe0f30483dba4762e61edf39ea3e0f6nd <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rand</span>(3)</span>,
75585bd48fe0f30483dba4762e61edf39ea3e0f6nd <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">arc4random</span>(3)</span>
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