1RAND(1)                             OpenSSL                            RAND(1)
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NAME

6       rand - generate pseudo-random bytes
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SYNOPSIS

9       openssl rand [-out file] [-rand file(s)] [-base64] num
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DESCRIPTION

12       The rand command outputs num pseudo-random bytes after seeding the ran‐
13       dom number generator once.  As in other openssl command line tools,
14       PRNG seeding uses the file $HOME/.rnd or .rnd in addition to the files
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16       ten back if enough seeding was obtained from these sources.
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OPTIONS

19       -out file
20           Write to file instead of standard output.
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22       -rand file(s)
23           Use specified file or files or EGD socket (see RAND_egd(3)) for
24           seeding the random number generator.  Multiple files can be speci‐
25           fied separated by a OS-dependent character.  The separator is ; for
26           MS-Windows, , for OpenVMS, and : for all others.
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28       -base64
29           Perform base64 encoding on the output.
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SEE ALSO

32       RAND_bytes(3)
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360.9.8b                            2001-09-07                           RAND(1)