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7b0fae507e9ea70bda493aa01c77b7c36949d366Andreas Gustafsson<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
7b0fae507e9ea70bda493aa01c77b7c36949d366Andreas 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>
7b0fae507e9ea70bda493aa01c77b7c36949d366Andreas Gustafsson<a name="id2670816"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
7b0fae507e9ea70bda493aa01c77b7c36949d366Andreas Gustafsson <span><strong class="command">genrandom</strong></span>
7b0fae507e9ea70bda493aa01c77b7c36949d366Andreas Gustafsson generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
7b0fae507e9ea70bda493aa01c77b7c36949d366Andreas Gustafsson of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
7b0fae507e9ea70bda493aa01c77b7c36949d366Andreas Gustafsson other commands on systems with no random device.
7b0fae507e9ea70bda493aa01c77b7c36949d366Andreas Gustafsson<a name="id2670830"></a><h2>ARGUMENTS</h2>
7b0fae507e9ea70bda493aa01c77b7c36949d366Andreas Gustafsson<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt>
7b0fae507e9ea70bda493aa01c77b7c36949d366Andreas Gustafsson In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
7b0fae507e9ea70bda493aa01c77b7c36949d366Andreas Gustafsson (from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
7b0fae507e9ea70bda493aa01c77b7c36949d366Andreas Gustafsson The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
7b0fae507e9ea70bda493aa01c77b7c36949d366Andreas Gustafsson<dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt>
7b0fae507e9ea70bda493aa01c77b7c36949d366Andreas Gustafsson The file name into which random data should be written.
0fb14ebc61cd2e696f1195bdd1a7e590c2b4da3aAndreas Gustafsson <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rand</span>(3)</span>,
0fb14ebc61cd2e696f1195bdd1a7e590c2b4da3aAndreas Gustafsson <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">arc4random</span>(3)</span>
0fb14ebc61cd2e696f1195bdd1a7e590c2b4da3aAndreas Gustafsson<p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>