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ef421f66f47224a42073deaf087378c5d0c9952eEvan Hunt<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
ef421f66f47224a42073deaf087378c5d0c9952eEvan Hunt<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>
ef421f66f47224a42073deaf087378c5d0c9952eEvan Hunt <span><strong class="command">genrandom</strong></span>
ef421f66f47224a42073deaf087378c5d0c9952eEvan Hunt generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
ef421f66f47224a42073deaf087378c5d0c9952eEvan Hunt of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
ef421f66f47224a42073deaf087378c5d0c9952eEvan Hunt other commands on systems with no random device.
ef421f66f47224a42073deaf087378c5d0c9952eEvan Hunt<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt>
ef421f66f47224a42073deaf087378c5d0c9952eEvan Hunt In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
ef421f66f47224a42073deaf087378c5d0c9952eEvan Hunt (from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
ef421f66f47224a42073deaf087378c5d0c9952eEvan Hunt The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
ef421f66f47224a42073deaf087378c5d0c9952eEvan Hunt The file name into which random data should be written.
ef421f66f47224a42073deaf087378c5d0c9952eEvan Hunt <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rand</span>(3)</span>,
ef421f66f47224a42073deaf087378c5d0c9952eEvan Hunt <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">arc4random</span>(3)</span>
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