Mcrypt for rijndael-128 : how do I set the Initialization Vector?

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I would like to encrypt a file using AES (rijndael 128) with the mcrypt command line tool. I would like to set the initialization vector to a specific value. How can I do this?

I am pretty new to encryption, btw.

Thanks!

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