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RAND(1)                      OpenSSL                      RAND(1)



NAME

       rand - generate pseudo-random bytes


LIBRARY

       libcrypto, -lcrypto


SYNOPSIS

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


DESCRIPTION

       The rand command outputs num pseudo-random bytes after
       seeding the random number generater once.  As in other
       openssl command line tools, PRNG seeding uses the file
       $HOME/.rnd or .rnd in addition to the files given in the
       -rand option.  A new $HOME/.rnd or .rnd file will be writ-
       ten back if enough seeding was obtained from these
       sources.


OPTIONS

       -out file
           Write to file instead of standard output.

       -rand file(s)
           Use specified file or files or EGD socket (see
           RAND_egd(3)) for seeding the random number generator.
           Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-
           dependent character.  The separator is ; for MS-Win-
           dows, , for OpenVMS, and : for all others.

       -base64
           Perform base64 encoding on the output.


SEE ALSO

       RAND_bytes(3)























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