1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
|
'\" t
.\" Title: uuidparse
.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR(S)" section]
.\" Generator: Asciidoctor 2.0.20
.\" Date: 2026-03-19
.\" Manual: User Commands
.\" Source: util-linux 2.42-rc2
.\" Language: English
.\"
.TH "UUIDPARSE" "1" "2026-03-19" "util\-linux 2.42\-rc2" "User Commands"
.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
.el .ds Aq '
.ss \n[.ss] 0
.nh
.ad l
.de URL
\fI\\$2\fP <\\$1>\\$3
..
.als MTO URL
.if \n[.g] \{\
. mso www.tmac
. am URL
. ad l
. .
. am MTO
. ad l
. .
. LINKSTYLE blue R < >
.\}
.SH "NAME"
uuidparse \- a utility to parse unique identifiers
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
\fBuuidparse\fP [options] \fIuuid\fP
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.sp
This command will parse unique identifier inputs from either command line arguments or standard input. The inputs are white\-space separated.
.SH "OUTPUT"
.SS "Variants"
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lt lt.
T{
.sp
NCS
T}:T{
.sp
Network Computing System identifier. These were the original UUIDs.
T}
T{
.sp
DCE
T}:T{
.sp
The Open Software Foundation\(cqs (OSF) Distributed Computing Environment UUIDs.
T}
T{
.sp
Microsoft
T}:T{
.sp
Microsoft Windows platform globally unique identifier (GUID).
T}
T{
.sp
other
T}:T{
.sp
Unknown variant. Usually invalid input data.
T}
.TE
.sp
.SS "Types"
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lt lt.
T{
.sp
nil
T}:T{
.sp
Special type for zero in type file.
T}
T{
.sp
time\-based
T}:T{
.sp
The DCE time based.
T}
T{
.sp
DCE
T}:T{
.sp
The DCE time and MAC Address.
T}
T{
.sp
name\-based
T}:T{
.sp
RFC 4122 md5sum hash.
T}
T{
.sp
random
T}:T{
.sp
RFC 4122 random.
T}
T{
.sp
sha1\-based
T}:T{
.sp
RFC 4122 sha\-1 hash.
T}
T{
.sp
unknown
T}:T{
.sp
Unknown type. Usually invalid input data.
T}
.TE
.sp
.SH "OPTIONS"
.sp
\fB\-J\fP, \fB\-\-json\fP
.RS 4
Use JSON output format.
.RE
.sp
\fB\-n\fP, \fB\-\-noheadings\fP
.RS 4
Do not print a header line.
.RE
.sp
\fB\-o\fP, \fB\-\-output\fP
.RS 4
Specify which output columns to print. Use \fB\-\-help\fP to get a list of all supported columns.
.RE
.sp
\fB\-r\fP, \fB\-\-raw\fP
.RS 4
Use the raw output format.
.RE
.sp
\fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP
.RS 4
Display help text and exit.
.RE
.sp
\fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP
.RS 4
Display version and exit.
.RE
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
.sp
\fBLIBSMARTCOLS_DEBUG\fP=all
.RS 4
enables libsmartcols debug output.
.RE
.sp
\fBLIBSMARTCOLS_DEBUG_PADDING\fP=on
.RS 4
use visible padding characters.
.RE
.sp
\fBLIBSMARTCOLS_JSON\fP=compact|lines
.RS 4
Controls JSON output format when using \fB\-\-json\fP. Supported values are
\fBcompact\fP for JSON output with minimal whitespace, and \fBlines\fP for JSON Lines
format (one JSON object per line). If unset or set to any other value,
pretty\-printed JSON is used.
.RE
.SH "AUTHORS"
.sp
.MTO "kerolasa\(atiki.fi" "Sami Kerola" ""
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.sp
\fBuuidgen\fP(1),
\fBlibuuid\fP(3),
.URL "https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122" "RFC 4122" ""
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
.sp
For bug reports, use the \c
.URL "https://github.com/util\-linux/util\-linux/issues" "issue tracker" "."
.SH "AVAILABILITY"
.sp
The \fBuuidparse\fP command is part of the util\-linux package which can be downloaded from \c
.URL "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util\-linux/" "Linux Kernel Archive" "."
|
