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60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<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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14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein other commands on systems with no random device.
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60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
aa1905addf2f33d90aa020080e4e77a8651e829aTinderbox User (from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
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aa1905addf2f33d90aa020080e4e77a8651e829aTinderbox User The file name into which random data should be written.
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