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1bc5499c2a0fc5d2b11849e97cdd6305a64eb242Evan Hunt<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User<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>
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7e71f05d8643aca84914437c900cb716444507e4Tinderbox User In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User (from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
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