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27 <p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
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31 <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>
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34 <a name="id2543366"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
36 <span><strong class="command">genrandom</strong></span>
37 generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
38 of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
39 other commands on systems with no random device.
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43 <a name="id2543379"></a><h2>ARGUMENTS</h2>
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45 <dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt>
47 In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
48 (from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
50 <dt><span class="term">size</span></dt>
52 The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
54 <dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt>
56 The file name into which random data should be written.
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61 <a name="id2543440"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
63 <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rand</span>(3)</span>,
64 <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">arc4random</span>(3)</span>
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68 <a name="id2543466"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2>
69 <p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>