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Also known as ISC bind. This import adds utilities such as host(1), dig(1), and nslookup(1), as well as many other tools and libraries. Change-Id: I035ca46e64f1965d57019e773f4ff0ef035e4aa3
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<title>genrandom</title>
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<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en">
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<a name="man.genrandom"></a><div class="titlepage"></div>
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<div class="refnamediv">
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<h2>Name</h2>
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<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
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<div class="refsynopsisdiv">
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<h2>Synopsis</h2>
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<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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<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
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<a name="id2543378"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
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<p>
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<span><strong class="command">genrandom</strong></span>
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generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
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of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
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other commands on systems with no random device.
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<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
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<a name="id2543390"></a><h2>ARGUMENTS</h2>
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<div class="variablelist"><dl>
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<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt>
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<dd><p>
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In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
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(from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
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</p></dd>
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<dt><span class="term">size</span></dt>
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<dd><p>
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The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
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</p></dd>
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<dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt>
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<dd><p>
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The file name into which random data should be written.
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</dl></div>
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<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
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<a name="id2543451"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
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<p>
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<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rand</span>(3)</span>,
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<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">arc4random</span>(3)</span>
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</p>
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<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
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<a name="id2543478"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2>
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<p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>
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