{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "uuidparse",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/uuidparse/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-10-22T09:59:25Z",
    "synopsis": "uuidparse [options] uuid",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "uuidparse - a utility to parse unique identifiers\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "uuidparse [options] uuid\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "This command will parse unique identifier inputs from either command line arguments or\nstandard input. The inputs are white-space separated.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OUTPUT": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "Variants",
                    "content": "┌───────────┬──────────────────────────────────┐\n│           │                                  │\n│ NCS       │ Network Computing System         │\n│           │ identifier. These were the       │\n│           │ original UUIDs.                  │\n├───────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤\n│           │                                  │\n│ DCE       │ The Open Software Foundation’s   │\n│           │ (OSF) Distributed Computing      │\n│           │ Environment UUIDs.               │\n├───────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤\n│           │                                  │\n│ Microsoft │ Microsoft Windows platform       │\n│           │ globally unique identifier       │\n│           │ (GUID).                          │\n├───────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤\n│           │                                  │\n│ other     │ Unknown variant. Usually invalid │\n│           │ input data.                      │\n└───────────┴──────────────────────────────────┘\n\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Types",
                    "content": "┌────────────┬───────────────────────────────┐\n│            │                               │\n│ nil        │ Special type for zero in type │\n│            │ file.                         │\n├────────────┼───────────────────────────────┤\n│            │                               │\n│ time-based │ The DCE time based.           │\n├────────────┼───────────────────────────────┤\n│            │                               │\n│ DCE        │ The DCE time and MAC Address. │\n├────────────┼───────────────────────────────┤\n│            │                               │\n│ name-based │ RFC 4122 md5sum hash.         │\n├────────────┼───────────────────────────────┤\n│            │                               │\n│ random     │ RFC 4122 random.              │\n├────────────┼───────────────────────────────┤\n│            │                               │\n│ sha1-based │ RFC 4122 sha-1 hash.          │\n├────────────┼───────────────────────────────┤\n│            │                               │\n│ unknown    │ Unknown type. Usually invalid │\n│            │ input data.                   │\n└────────────┴───────────────────────────────┘\n\n"
                }
            ]
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-J --json",
                    "content": "Use JSON output format.\n",
                    "flag": "-J",
                    "long": "--json"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-n --noheadings",
                    "content": "Do not print a header line.\n",
                    "flag": "-n",
                    "long": "--noheadings"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-o --output",
                    "content": "Specify which output columns to print. Use --help to get a list of all supported columns.\n",
                    "flag": "-o",
                    "long": "--output"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-r --raw",
                    "content": "Use the raw output format.\n",
                    "flag": "-r",
                    "long": "--raw"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-h --help",
                    "content": "Display help text and exit.\n",
                    "flag": "-h",
                    "long": "--help"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-V --version",
                    "content": "Print version and exit.\n",
                    "flag": "-V",
                    "long": "--version"
                }
            ]
        },
        "AUTHORS": {
            "content": "Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "uuidgen(1), libuuid(3), RFC 4122 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122>\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "REPORTING BUGS": {
            "content": "For bug reports, use the issue tracker at https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AVAILABILITY": {
            "content": "The uuidparse command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux\nKernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.\n\nutil-linux 2.39.3                            2023-10-23                                 UUIDPARSE(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "uuidparse - a utility to parse unique identifiers",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-J",
            "long": "--json",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Use JSON output format."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-n",
            "long": "--noheadings",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Do not print a header line."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-o",
            "long": "--output",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Specify which output columns to print. Use --help to get a list of all supported columns."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-r",
            "long": "--raw",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Use the raw output format."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-h",
            "long": "--help",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Display help text and exit."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-V",
            "long": "--version",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Print version and exit."
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "uuidgen",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/uuidgen/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "libuuid",
            "section": "3",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/libuuid/3/json"
        }
    ],
    "tldr": {
        "source": "official",
        "description": "Parse universally unique identifiers.",
        "examples": [
            {
                "description": "Parse the specified UUIDs, use a tabular output format",
                "command": "uuidparse {{uuid1 uuid2 ...}}"
            },
            {
                "description": "Parse UUIDs from `stdin`",
                "command": "{{command}} | uuidparse"
            },
            {
                "description": "Use the JSON output format",
                "command": "uuidparse {{-J|--json}} {{uuid1 uuid2 ...}}"
            },
            {
                "description": "Do not print a header line",
                "command": "uuidparse {{-n|--noheadings}} {{uuid1 uuid2 ...}}"
            },
            {
                "description": "Use the raw output format",
                "command": "uuidparse {{-r|--raw}} {{uuid1 uuid2 ...}}"
            },
            {
                "description": "Specify which of the four output columns to print",
                "command": "uuidparse {{-o|--output}} {{UUID,VARIANT,TYPE,TIME}}"
            },
            {
                "description": "Display help",
                "command": "uuidparse {{-h|--help}}"
            }
        ]
    }
}