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fae13836a33b474a6aa2c147df8334f5b1ffae45Tinderbox User<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
fae13836a33b474a6aa2c147df8334f5b1ffae45Tinderbox 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>
fae13836a33b474a6aa2c147df8334f5b1ffae45Tinderbox User <span><strong class="command">genrandom</strong></span>
fae13836a33b474a6aa2c147df8334f5b1ffae45Tinderbox User generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
fae13836a33b474a6aa2c147df8334f5b1ffae45Tinderbox User of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
fae13836a33b474a6aa2c147df8334f5b1ffae45Tinderbox User other commands on systems with no random device.
fae13836a33b474a6aa2c147df8334f5b1ffae45Tinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt>
fae13836a33b474a6aa2c147df8334f5b1ffae45Tinderbox User In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
fae13836a33b474a6aa2c147df8334f5b1ffae45Tinderbox User (from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
fae13836a33b474a6aa2c147df8334f5b1ffae45Tinderbox User The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
fae13836a33b474a6aa2c147df8334f5b1ffae45Tinderbox User The file name into which random data should be written.
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