SYD-RND(1)

πŸ“¦ version 3.51.2, in nixos 26.05

πŸ’… SYD-RND(1) πŸ’…

okay so bestie, this is the General Commands Manual page for SYD-RND(1) β€” aka the little command that prints AT_RANDOM bytes in different formats. it's giving tiny-but-iconic, and honestly? obsessed. πŸŽ€


🌸 NAME 🌸

syd-rnd β€” prints AT_RANDOM bytes in various formats.


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

syd-rnd [-hinr]

πŸ’– DESCRIPTION πŸ’–

if you run it with no arguments at all, it prints the AT_RANDOM bytes in lower hexadecimal format. that's the default vibe, no cap.

give it -r and it prints raw bytes.

give it -i and it prints an unsigned 64-bit integer.

give it -n and it prints a human-readable name.


πŸŽ€ OPTIONS πŸŽ€

  • -h β€” displays help.
  • -r β€” prints raw bytes.
  • -i β€” prints an unsigned 64-bit integer.
  • -n β€” prints a human-readable name.

πŸ¦‹ SEE ALSO πŸ¦‹


πŸ‘‘ AUTHORS πŸ‘‘

maintained by Ali Polatel. up-to-date sources can be found at https://gitlab.exherbo.org/sydbox/sydbox.git and bugs/patches can be submitted to https://gitlab.exherbo.org/groups/sydbox/-/issues. discuss in #sydbox on Libera Chat or in #sydbox:mailstation.de on Matrix. πŸ’–


mwah πŸ’‹ β€” this iconic page signs off as SYD-RND(1), dated 1980-01-01. that's the whole footer source/version-and-date situation, periodt. 🫢

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