=pod =head1 NAME rand - generate pseudo-random bytes =head1 SYNOPSIS B [B<-out> I] [B<-rand> I] [B<-base64>] [B<-hex>] I =head1 DESCRIPTION The B command outputs I pseudo-random bytes after seeding the random number generator once. As in other B command line tools, PRNG seeding uses the file I<$HOME/>B<.rnd> or B<.rnd> in addition to the files given in the B<-rand> option. A new I<$HOME>/B<.rnd> or B<.rnd> file will be written back if enough seeding was obtained from these sources. =head1 OPTIONS =over 4 =item B<-out> I Write to I instead of standard output. =item B<-rand> I Use specified file or files or EGD socket (see L) for seeding the random number generator. Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character. The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for all others. =item B<-base64> Perform base64 encoding on the output. =item B<-hex> Show the output as a hex string. =back =head1 SEE ALSO L =cut