RAND(1)                     OpenSSL                     RAND(1)





NAME
       rand - generate pseudo-random bytes

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

DESCRIPTION
       The rand command outputs num pseudo-random bytes after
       seeding the random number generator 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
       written 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 genera-
           tor.  Multiple files can be specified separated by a
           OS-dependent character.  The separator is ; for
           MS-Windows, , for OpenVMS, and : for all others.

       -base64
           Perform base64 encoding on the output.

SEE ALSO
       RAND_bytes(3)



0.9.7c                     2001-09-07                   RAND(1)
