uuidgen

Generate unique identifiers (UUIDs).

See also `uuid`.

More information.

• Create a random UUIDv4:

uuidgen --random

• Create a UUIDv1 based on the current time:

uuidgen --time

• Create a UUIDv5 of the name with a specified namespace prefix:

uuidgen --sha1 --namespace {@dns|@url|@oid|@x500} --name {object_name}

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