UUID CLI

A versatile tool for generating UUIDs

• native binary, zero dependencies
• easy to use in containers
• all UUID versions supported (thanks to github.com/gofrs/uuid)

Reference

Usage of uuid-cli:
  -d string
    	Use organisation (org), UID (person) or GID (group) for V2 UUID
  -hex
    	Encode UUID as hex number (without hyphens)
  -ns string
    	Namespace UUID for V3/V5 UUID
  -v int
    	UUID version (1, 2, 3 or 4), in a nutshell:
    	  1: machine
    	  2: domain (org, person, group)
    	  3: namespaced (MD5)
    	  4: random
    	  5: namespaced (SHA-1)
    	  (default 4)

Examples

Version 4 (default)

$ uuid-cli
be040956-4caf-43b3-bfe7-8cf36fd9e573

Version 1

$ uuid-cli -v 1
be040956-4caf-43b3-bfe7-8cf36fd9e573

Version 5

$ uuid-cli -v 5 -ns be040956-4caf-43b3-bfe7-8cf36fd9e573 my-name
07b676c5-6b33-53a0-a3a0-4857ee8252e8

Docker

$ docker run networkteamcom/uuid-cli -v 1
0a86245a-4411-11ea-9636-acde48001122

License

MIT