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uuidparse — Parse universally unique identifiers. See also: `uuidgen`. More information: <https://manned.org/uui

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Problem

How to use the uuidparse command: Parse universally unique identifiers. See also: uuidgen. More information: <https://manned.org/uuidparse>.

Solution

uuidparse — Parse universally unique identifiers. See also: uuidgen. More information: <https://manned.org/uuidparse>.

Parse the specified UUIDs, use a tabular output format:

uuidparse {{uuid1 uuid2 ...}}

Parse UUIDs from stdin:

{{command}} | uuidparse

Use the JSON output format:

uuidparse {{[-J|--json]}} {{uuid1 uuid2 ...}}

Do not print a header line:

uuidparse {{[-n|--noheadings]}} {{uuid1 uuid2 ...}}

Use the raw output format:

uuidparse {{[-r|--raw]}} {{uuid1 uuid2 ...}}

Specify which of the four output columns to print:

uuidparse {{[-o|--output]}} {{UUID,VARIANT,TYPE,TIME}}

Display help:

uuidparse {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Parse the specified UUIDs, use a tabular output format

uuidparse {{uuid1 uuid2 ...}}

Parse UUIDs from `stdin`

{{command}} | uuidparse

Use the JSON output format

uuidparse {{[-J|--json]}} {{uuid1 uuid2 ...}}

Do not print a header line

uuidparse {{[-n|--noheadings]}} {{uuid1 uuid2 ...}}

Use the raw output format

uuidparse {{[-r|--raw]}} {{uuid1 uuid2 ...}}

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