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4b8518be25a866f7de85889a2d827d7a479e1411vboxsync<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>
4651430e55b9df9726347e3e3968618e540fe729vboxsync <span><strong class="command">genrandom</strong></span>
4651430e55b9df9726347e3e3968618e540fe729vboxsync generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
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4651430e55b9df9726347e3e3968618e540fe729vboxsync<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt>
8184f68cdef3c26869cdebc6a18829c854d0d17dvboxsync In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
4b8518be25a866f7de85889a2d827d7a479e1411vboxsync (from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
4b8518be25a866f7de85889a2d827d7a479e1411vboxsync The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
f2490dbf97c8247439446844458461b00e50beb0vboxsync The file name into which random data should be written.
4b8518be25a866f7de85889a2d827d7a479e1411vboxsync <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rand</span>(3)</span>,
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