uuid

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

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/uuid.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install uuid
Ubuntu
apt-get install uuid
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S uuid
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install uuid
CentOS
yum install uuid
Fedora
dnf install uuid
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install uuid
Raspbian
apt-get install 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

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