LinuxCommandLibrary

uuidparse

Parse and display UUID information

TLDR

Parse UUIDs

$ uuidparse [uuid1] [uuid2]
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Parse from stdin
$ [command] | uuidparse
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JSON output
$ uuidparse -J [uuid1] [uuid2]
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No header line
$ uuidparse -n [uuid1] [uuid2]
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Raw output
$ uuidparse -r [uuid1] [uuid2]
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Select output columns
$ uuidparse -o [UUID,VARIANT,TYPE,TIME]
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SYNOPSIS

uuidparse [OPTIONS] [UUID...]

DESCRIPTION

uuidparse parses and displays information about UUIDs. It shows the variant (e.g., DCE), type (e.g., random, time-based), and embedded timestamp for time-based UUIDs.
The tool can parse UUIDs from command-line arguments or standard input.

PARAMETERS

-J, --json

JSON output format
-n, --noheadings
Don't print header line
-r, --raw
Raw output format
-o, --output COLUMNS
Select output columns
-h, --help
Display help information

CAVEATS

Only parses standard UUID formats. Time extraction only works for time-based (v1) UUIDs. Part of util-linux package.

SEE ALSO

uuidgen(1), uuid(1), uuidd(8)

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