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35b61b8fb1f377ec9b68bbc8e4e43fbd2756a04dAndreas Gustafsson<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
5c62008dee307058a7f70511bf260fdea6f5b1d6Andreas Gustafsson<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>
074ae7bf0993ced96b32e3e85553a401f3f3eca9Andreas Gustafsson<a name="id2649787"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
074ae7bf0993ced96b32e3e85553a401f3f3eca9Andreas Gustafsson <span><strong class="command">genrandom</strong></span>
074ae7bf0993ced96b32e3e85553a401f3f3eca9Andreas Gustafsson generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
074ae7bf0993ced96b32e3e85553a401f3f3eca9Andreas Gustafsson of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
074ae7bf0993ced96b32e3e85553a401f3f3eca9Andreas Gustafsson other commands on systems with no random device.
074ae7bf0993ced96b32e3e85553a401f3f3eca9Andreas Gustafsson<a name="id2649802"></a><h2>ARGUMENTS</h2>
074ae7bf0993ced96b32e3e85553a401f3f3eca9Andreas Gustafsson<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt>
708477e4a5b87c9b6338c7d995392c070a78bd45Mark Andrews In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
533df4efdafcf7a8b7292a298f45df9ab7f7f7f9Mark Andrews (from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
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692f5c282d13b6a0276e5a60c87ab4af013d3b80Mark Andrews The file name into which random data should be written.
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