Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:35:16 +0000 From: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org Cc: Fernando Apeste=?utf-8?Q?gu=C3=ADa?= <fernape@FreeBSD.org> Subject: git: e3009524178c - stable/14 - uuidgen(1): Add EXAMPLES to manual page Message-ID: <69853744.32223.2837d91@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch stable/14 has been updated by ziaee: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=e3009524178c73831495bb97b4c284b69b0916e8 commit e3009524178c73831495bb97b4c284b69b0916e8 Author: Fernando Apesteguía <fernape@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2023-09-07 15:17:38 +0000 Commit: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2026-02-06 00:34:36 +0000 uuidgen(1): Add EXAMPLES to manual page Approved by: manpages@ (gbe@) Reviewed by: gbe@, pauamma Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D43494 (cherry picked from commit 6e74b603fc021761c0a20e08f58b674f45ad5f04) --- bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1 | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1 b/bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1 index 51475c900bbc..1c2e7cce91d3 100644 --- a/bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1 +++ b/bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1 @@ -77,6 +77,30 @@ to each other, but operating system latency and processing time will be reflected in the distance between two successive identifiers. .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std +.Sh EXAMPLES +Generate a batch of three UUIDs. +Notice the similarity of the string before the first hyphen of the UUID +(known as +.Em time_low +in +.Em rfc4122 +): +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ uuidgen -n3 +8bc44345-4d90-11ee-88c7-b42e991fc52e +8bc44346-4d90-11ee-88c7-b42e991fc52e +8bc44347-4d90-11ee-88c7-b42e991fc52e +.Ed +.Pp +Generate a batch of random UUIDs without hyphens: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ uuidgen -r -c -n3 +5ad8b60a0f4e41f59c82d273202275f9 +6c41925486cd4bf59720a5bad85de2e4 +8144fdab63f648a1812d12453f975313 +.Ed +.Pp +Notice that the UUIDs are not similar to each other. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr uuidgen 2 , .Xr uuid 3home | help
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