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Script to watch Linux kernel entropy level
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watch-entropy_avail.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Time::HiRes 'usleep';
while (1) {
open my $in, '<', '/proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail' or die;
print <$in>;
close $in;
usleep 100_000;
}
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