uuidgen - create a new UUID value

syntax

$ uuidgen [options]

To create a random UUID

$ uuidgen

To generate time based UUID

$ uuidgen -t

To generate random UUID

$ uuidgen -r

To create a UUID based on the hash of a URL

$ uuidgen --sha1 --namespace @url --name object_name

$ uuidgen --md5 --namespace @url --name object_name

To print help options

$ uuidgen --help

regards,

T.Dhanasekar