Linux Commands - Generate Universally Unique IDentifier using uuidgen

by
Jeremy Canfield |
Updated: June 27 2025
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The uuidgen command can be used to generate a random Universal Unique IDentifier (UUID). For example, like this.
~]$ uuidgen
3756622d-bd21-4c3c-9127-e92f11007b3a
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