5 rand - generate pseudo-random bytes
18 The B<rand> command outputs I<num> pseudo-random bytes after seeding
19 the random number generator once. As in other B<openssl> command
20 line tools, PRNG seeding uses the file I<$HOME/>B<.rnd> or B<.rnd>
21 in addition to the files given in the B<-rand> option. A new
22 I<$HOME>/B<.rnd> or B<.rnd> file will be written back if enough
23 seeding was obtained from these sources.
31 Write to I<file> instead of standard output.
33 =item B<-rand> I<file(s)>
35 Use specified file or files or EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>)
36 for seeding the random number generator.
37 Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character.
38 The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for
43 Perform base64 encoding on the output.
47 Show the output as a hex string.
53 L<RAND_bytes(3)|RAND_bytes(3)>