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9513a2a6670951f5cf5477fcfec9f933fcaff628Automatic Updater<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
9513a2a6670951f5cf5477fcfec9f933fcaff628Automatic Updater<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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9513a2a6670951f5cf5477fcfec9f933fcaff628Automatic Updater generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
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