rand - random bytes
openssl rand [-out file] [-rand file(s)] [-base64] [-hex] num
RAND(1openssl) OpenSSL RAND(1openssl) NAME openssl-rand, rand - generate pseudo-random bytes SYNOPSIS openssl rand [-out file] [-rand file(s)] [-base64] [-hex] 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 generator. 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. -hex Show the output as a hex string. ATTRIBUTES See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes: +---------------+--------------------------+ |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +---------------+--------------------------+ |Availability | library/security/openssl | +---------------+--------------------------+ |Stability | Pass-through uncommitted | +---------------+--------------------------+ SEE ALSO RAND_bytes(3) NOTES Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source- code-downloads.html. This software was built from source available at https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community source was downloaded from https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.2ze.tar.gz. Further information about this software can be found on the open source community website at https://www.openssl.org/. 1.0.2ze 2022-05-03 RAND(1openssl)