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268a4475065fe6a8cd7cc707820982cf5e98f430Rob Austein<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
268a4475065fe6a8cd7cc707820982cf5e98f430Rob 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>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson <span><strong class="command">genrandom</strong></span>
268a4475065fe6a8cd7cc707820982cf5e98f430Rob Austein generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson other commands on systems with no random device.
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson (from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
268a4475065fe6a8cd7cc707820982cf5e98f430Rob Austein The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
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