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87d2c1ff6a7375f03476767e6f59454bcc5cd04bLennart Poettering<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
c2373f848dddcc1827cf715c5ef778dc8d475761Lennart Poettering<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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87d2c1ff6a7375f03476767e6f59454bcc5cd04bLennart Poettering <span><strong class="command">genrandom</strong></span>
87d2c1ff6a7375f03476767e6f59454bcc5cd04bLennart Poettering generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
f4b4781191e8edfb5690e4447166e3ba7bcb48f5Lennart Poettering of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
f4b4781191e8edfb5690e4447166e3ba7bcb48f5Lennart Poettering other commands on systems with no random device.
f4b4781191e8edfb5690e4447166e3ba7bcb48f5Lennart Poettering<a name="id2613520"></a><h2>ARGUMENTS</h2>
f4b4781191e8edfb5690e4447166e3ba7bcb48f5Lennart Poettering<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt>
f4b4781191e8edfb5690e4447166e3ba7bcb48f5Lennart Poettering In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
f4b4781191e8edfb5690e4447166e3ba7bcb48f5Lennart Poettering (from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
f4b4781191e8edfb5690e4447166e3ba7bcb48f5Lennart Poettering The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
f4b4781191e8edfb5690e4447166e3ba7bcb48f5Lennart Poettering The file name into which random data should be written.
f4b4781191e8edfb5690e4447166e3ba7bcb48f5Lennart Poettering <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rand</span>(3)</span>,
f4b4781191e8edfb5690e4447166e3ba7bcb48f5Lennart Poettering <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">arc4random</span>(3)</span>
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