NAME¶
uuidgen - a universally unique identifier (UUID) generator for XPLC
SYNOPSIS¶
uuidgen [
OPTION ] ...
uuidcdef [
OPTION ] ...
DESCRIPTION¶
uuidgen generates a new universally unique identifier (UUID). This UUID
can be assumed to be unique to any other UUIDs generated on the local system,
as well as those created on any other systems, at any time in the past or
future.
By default,
uuidgen will try to generate a UUID with as much randomness
as possible. It tries to pick out a high-quality randomness source. If it
cannot find one, it will fall back on using a time-based algorithm.
OPTIONS¶
- -c, --cdef
- Print the UUID as an initializer for a C structure, compatible with the
type used by XPLC.
This is the default mode for uuidcdef.
- -r, --random
- Demand that the random-based algorithm be used to generate the UUID. This
will prefer a high-quality randomness source, but may fall back on a
low-entropy one.
- -t, --time
- Demand that the time-based algorithm be used to generate the UUID.
- -u, --uuid
- Print the UUID like: "26175a27-c35d-4615-8dfb-1509eab28ef8".
This is the printf(3) format:
"%08x-%04x-%04x-%04x-%012x".
This is the default mode for uuidgen.
AUTHOR¶
Simon Law
SEE ALSO¶
uuidgen(1).