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ab521da1ef0df4e4f893fd0b9afb8841afaf95acChristian Maeder<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
17df8169be63ca97f070c63c5c229eb2d7f9eee0Christian Maeder<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>
17df8169be63ca97f070c63c5c229eb2d7f9eee0Christian Maeder<a name="id2666300"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
ab521da1ef0df4e4f893fd0b9afb8841afaf95acChristian Maeder <span><strong class="command">genrandom</strong></span>
4138a214a6587fb10bb215bfedc6947588ecafafChristian Maeder generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
4138a214a6587fb10bb215bfedc6947588ecafafChristian Maeder of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
17df8169be63ca97f070c63c5c229eb2d7f9eee0Christian Maeder other commands on systems with no random device.
17df8169be63ca97f070c63c5c229eb2d7f9eee0Christian Maeder<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt>
4138a214a6587fb10bb215bfedc6947588ecafafChristian Maeder In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
4138a214a6587fb10bb215bfedc6947588ecafafChristian Maeder (from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
17df8169be63ca97f070c63c5c229eb2d7f9eee0Christian Maeder The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
17df8169be63ca97f070c63c5c229eb2d7f9eee0Christian Maeder The file name into which random data should be written.