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NAME

       uuidgen - Generates a Universal Unique Identifier (UUID)

SYNOPSIS

       uuidgen [argument] ...

Arguments
       Allows you to supply an existing UUID that uuidgen then outputs in the format you specify.  This option is especially useful in combination
       with the -s option for converting an existing UUID into a C structure.

       You must specify the -c option at the end of the uuidgen command line; all options that follow -c are ignored.  Produces an Interface Defi-
       nition  Language  (IDL)	file  template and includes the generated UUID string in the template.	Redirects the generated UUID string to the
       file you specify.  Generates a UUID string as an initialized C structure.  Displays the version number of the UUID generator, but does  not
       generate  a UUID.  Displays information about the uuidgen command arguments. The arguments -h and -? can be used interchangeably.  Displays
       information about the uuidgen command arguments. The arguments -? and -h can be used interchangeably.  Generates a specified number of UUID
       strings.   Generates  UUID using the hardware address of specified lan card instance ,In case of multiple lan interfaces for a host.You can
       use lanscan to get the card instance of	the lancards.

DESCRIPTION

       The uuidgen command creates a UUID string that you assign to an object to uniquely identify it. One such  use  is  in  the  UUID  interface
       attribute  of  an  IDL  interface definition.  The format for representing a UUID string consists of eight hexadecimal digits followed by a
       dash, followed by three groups of four hexadecimal digits  separated  by  dashes,  followed  by	a  dash  and  twelve  hexadecimal  digits:
       01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef

FILES

       The locations of files have the following pathnames: Generator Generator error messages

EXAMPLES

       Generate  a UUID string: $ uuidgen 23c67e00-71b6-11c9-9dfc-08002b0ecef1 Generate a partial template, containing a generated UUID string, to
       be used to develop an interface definition: $ uuidgen -i [ uuid(828bf780-71b6-11c9-b5a8-08002b0ecef1), version (1.0) ] interface INTERFACE-
       NAME {

       }   Convert   a	 UUID	string	 from  the  old-style  format  to  the	new  format:  $  uuidgen  -t  34DC23469EAF.AB.A2.01.7C.5F.2C.ED.A3
       34dc2346-9eaf-0000-aba2-017c5f2ceda3   Generate	 four	UUID   strings:    $	uuidgen    -n	 4    612c0b00-71b8-11c9-973a-08002b0ecef1
       612c0b01-71b8-11c9-973a-08002b0ecef1  612c0b02-71b8-11c9-973a-08002b0ecef1  612c0b03-71b8-11c9-973a-08002b0ecef1  Convert  a  UUID into a C
       structure: $ uuidgen -s -c 1251ace6-93al-11cd-95ad-0800097086e4	    = { /* 1251ace6-93al-11cd-95ad-0800097086e4  */	       0x1251ace6,
		 0x93al,	    0x11cd,	      0x95,	      0xad	     {0x08, 0x00, 0x09, 0x70, 0x86, 0xe4}      }; To generate UUID
       using the hardware address of lancard, whose instance number is 1 .  $ uuidgen -l 1 5f393fde-a9db-11d1-9caf-080009306cc2

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