[ILUG] how to answer the question: "how random?"

[Kenn Humborg]

On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 11:34:18AM +0100, Conor Daly wrote:
> Errm,  so, how do I get numbers form /dev/random?  dd gives me ascii
> garbage, so does cat.  Do I need to write a c proggie to read and what
> should I read then?

You could use od(1).

Later,
Kenn