UUIDPARSE(1)			  User Commands			    UUIDPARSE(1)

NAME
     uuidparse - a utility to parse unique identifiers

SYNOPSIS
     uuidparse [options] uuid

DESCRIPTION
     This  command  will parse unique identifier inputs from either command line
     arguments or standard input. The inputs are white-space separated.

OUTPUT
   Variants
     allbox tab(:); lt lt. T{

     NCS T}:T{

     Network Computing System identifier. These were the original UUIDs. T} T{

     DCE T}:T{

     The Open Software	Foundation's  (OSF)  Distributed  Computing  Environment
     UUIDs. T} T{

     Microsoft T}:T{

     Microsoft Windows platform globally unique identifier (GUID). T} T{

     other T}:T{

     Unknown variant. Usually invalid input data. T}


   Types
     allbox tab(:); lt lt. T{

     nil T}:T{

     Special type for zero in type file. T} T{

     time-based T}:T{

     The DCE time based. T} T{

     DCE T}:T{

     The DCE time and MAC Address. T} T{

     name-based T}:T{

     RFC 4122 md5sum hash. T} T{

     random T}:T{

     RFC 4122 random. T} T{

     sha1-based T}:T{

     RFC 4122 sha-1 hash. T} T{

     unknown T}:T{

     Unknown type. Usually invalid input data. T}


OPTIONS
     -J, --json
	 Use JSON output format.

     -n, --noheadings
	 Do not print a header line.

     -o, --output
	 Specify  which output columns to print. Use --help to get a list of all
	 supported columns.

     -r, --raw
	 Use the raw output format.

     -h, --help
	 Display help text and exit.

     -V, --version
	 Display version and exit.

ENVIRONMENT
     LIBSMARTCOLS_DEBUG=all
	 enables libsmartcols debug output.

     LIBSMARTCOLS_DEBUG_PADDING=on
	 use visible padding characters.

     LIBSMARTCOLS_JSON=compact|lines
	 Controls JSON output format when using	 --json.  Supported  values  are
	 compact  for  JSON  output  with minimal whitespace, and lines for JSON
	 Lines format (one JSON object per line). If unset or set to  any  other
	 value, pretty-printed JSON is used.

AUTHORS
     Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>

SEE ALSO
     uuidgen(1), libuuid(3), RFC 4122 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122>

REPORTING BUGS
     For	bug	  reports,	 use	   the	     issue	 tracker
     <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.

AVAILABILITY
     The uuidparse command is part of the util-linux package which can be  down-
     loaded	       from	       Linux		Kernel		 Archive
     <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.

util-linux 2.42.1		   2026-04-28			    UUIDPARSE(1)