1UUIDPARSE(1) User Commands UUIDPARSE(1)
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6 uuidparse - an utility to parse unique identifiers
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9 uuidparse [options] uuid
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12 This command will parse unique identifier inputs from either command
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18 NCS Network Computing System identifier. These were the original UUIDs.
19 DCE The Open Software Foundation's (OSF) Distributed Computing Environment UUIDs.
20 Microsoft Microsoft Windows platform globally unique identifier (GUID).
21 other Unknown variant. Usually invalid input data.
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24 nil Special type for zero in type file.
25 time-based The DCE time based.
26 DCE The DCE time and MAC Address.
27 name-based RFC 4122 md5sum hash.
28 random RFC 4122 random.
29 sha1-based RFC 4122 sha-1 hash.
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33 -J, --json
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36 -n, --noheadings
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53 Sami Kerola ⟨kerolasa@iki.fi⟩
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56 uuidgen(1), libuuid(3), RFC 4122 ⟨https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122⟩
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59 The example command is part of the util-linux package and is available
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