X-Git-Url: https://pd.if.org/git/?p=uuid;a=blobdiff_plain;f=uuidgen.1;fp=uuidgen.1;h=6eaca28b29f4200266982e04dcbfdaea36d3ad60;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=a8f154642148eb2117d8a399b641a8282fc536ea;hpb=4af7c34e1c9a4f379decfe3583590f3e8c16892f diff --git a/uuidgen.1 b/uuidgen.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6eaca28 --- /dev/null +++ b/uuidgen.1 @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +.TH uuidgen 1 "Tue Sep 23 09:54:24 UTC 2014" +.SH NAME + +uuidgen - command line utility for generating uuids + +.SH SYNOPSIS + +uuidgen [-tvnqODUX] + +uuidgen [-n ns | -UXD] name ... + +.SH DESCRIPTION + +This program generates uuids and writes their canonical string representation +to stdout. + +.SH OPTIONS + +.TP +.BI \-r +Generate a version 4 random uuid. +.TP +.BI \-t +Generate a version 1 timestamp based uuid +.TP +.B \-n " namespace | oid | dns | x500 | url" +set the namespace for version 3 or version 5 uuids +.TP +.B \-q num +Specify how many uuids to generate for version 1 and 4 uuids. UUIDs will +be output one per line on stdout. +.TP +.B \-h +Write a help message to stdout and exit. + +.SH DIAGNOSTICS + +The program will exit 0 on success, and non zero on failure. Running +witht the \-h or \-V switches will write the appropriate message +to stdout and exit successfully. + +Errors will generate a message to stderr and nothing to stdout, as +well as exiting non-zero. + +.SH BUGS + +.SH AUTHOR + +Nathan Wagner +.I + + +.SH COPYRIGHT + +None. Program is in the public domain.