xenial (1) uuidcdef.1.gz

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).