uuidparse (1) - Linux Manuals
uuidparse: a utility to parse unique identifiers
NAME
uuidparse - a utility to parse unique identifiers
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
This command will parse unique identifier inputs from either command line arguments or standard input. The inputs are white-space separated.
OUTPUT
Variants
| NCS | 
Network Computing System identifier. These were the original UUIDs.
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| DCE | 
The Open Software Foundation's (OSF) Distributed Computing Environment UUIDs.
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| Microsoft | 
Microsoft Windows platform globally unique identifier (GUID).
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| other | 
Unknown variant. Usually invalid input data.
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Types
| nil | 
Special type for zero in type file.
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| time-based | 
The DCE time based.
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| DCE | 
The DCE time and MAC Address.
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| name-based | 
RFC 4122 md5sum hash.
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| random | 
RFC 4122 random.
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| sha1-based | 
RFC 4122 sha-1 hash.
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| unknown | 
Unknown type. Usually invalid input data.
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OPTIONS
-J, --json
- Use JSON output format.
-n, --noheadings
- Do not print a header line.
-o, --output
- Specify which output columns to print. Use --help to get a list of all supported columns.
-r, --raw
- Use the raw output format.
-V, --version
- Display version information and exit.
-h, --help
- Display help text and exit.
AUTHORS
REPORTING BUGS
For bug reports, use the issue tracker at <https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues>.
AVAILABILITY
The uuidparse command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.
SEE ALSO
uuidgen(1), libuuid(3), RFC 4122 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122>