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uuid

Generate and decode Universally Unique Identifiers (UUID). See also uuidgen. More information: https://manned.org/uuid.

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