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25<h2>Name</h2>
26<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> &#8212; generate a file containing random data</p>
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29<h2>Synopsis</h2>
30<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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33<a name="id-1.7"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
34<p>
35      <span class="command"><strong>genrandom</strong></span>
36      generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
37      of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
38      other commands on systems with no random device.
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42<a name="id-1.8"></a><h2>ARGUMENTS</h2>
43<div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist">
44<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt>
45<dd><p>
46            In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
47            (from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
48          </p></dd>
49<dt><span class="term">size</span></dt>
50<dd><p>
51            The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
52          </p></dd>
53<dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt>
54<dd><p>
55            The file name into which random data should be written.
56          </p></dd>
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60<a name="id-1.9"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
61<p>
62      <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rand</span>(3)</span>,
63      <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">arc4random</span>(3)</span>
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