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5ffa42cb8028833440040c2e240e0d788f11c112Tom Gundersen<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>
5ffa42cb8028833440040c2e240e0d788f11c112Tom Gundersen <span><strong class="command">genrandom</strong></span>
5ffa42cb8028833440040c2e240e0d788f11c112Tom Gundersen generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
5ffa42cb8028833440040c2e240e0d788f11c112Tom Gundersen of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
5ffa42cb8028833440040c2e240e0d788f11c112Tom Gundersen other commands on systems with no random device.
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5ffa42cb8028833440040c2e240e0d788f11c112Tom Gundersen In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
5ffa42cb8028833440040c2e240e0d788f11c112Tom Gundersen (from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
5ffa42cb8028833440040c2e240e0d788f11c112Tom Gundersen The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
5ffa42cb8028833440040c2e240e0d788f11c112Tom Gundersen The file name into which random data should be written.
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