On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 10:56, Marvin Blackburn wrote: > When trying to generate a file of psuedo random numbers the following > command does not work: > openssl rand -out a_file.txt 5000 > > however the following does > openssl rand 5000 > a_file.txt > > why does the -out switch not work? Does ~/.rnd already exist? If not, try using the "-rand <seedfile>" option as well, works fine for me. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list