uuid
Generate and decode Universally Unique Identifiers (UUID).
See also uuidgen
.
More information: https://manned.org/uuid.
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Generate a UUIDv1 (based on time and system's hardware address, if present):
uuid
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Generate a UUIDv4 (based on random data):
uuid -v {{4}}
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Generate multiple UUIDv4 identifiers at once:
uuid -v {{4}} -n {{number_of_uuids}}
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Generate a UUIDv4 and specify the output format:
uuid -v {{4}} -F {{BIN|STR|SIV}}
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Generate a UUIDv4 and write the output to a file:
uuid -v {{4}} -o {{path/to/file}}
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Generate a UUIDv5 (based on the supplied object name) with a specified namespace prefix:
uuid -v {{5}} ns:{{DNS|URL|OID|X500}} {{object_name}}
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Decode a given UUID:
uuid -d {{uuid}}
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