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mcookie

Generates random 128-bit hexadecimal numbers. More information: https://manned.org/mcookie.

  • Generate a random number:

mcookie

  • Generate a random number, using the contents of a file as a seed for the randomness:

mcookie --file path/to/file

  • Generate a random number, using a specific number of bytes from a file as a seed for the randomness:

mcookie --file path/to/file --max-size number_of_bytes

  • Print the details of the randomness used, such as the origin and seed for each source:

mcookie --verbose

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