uuidgen 1.0.2

a tool to generate UUID from terminal

uuidgen

uuidgen is a simple command-line tool written in Python for generating Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs) directly from your terminal.

Description

This tool provides an easy way to generate various versions of UUIDs (v1, v3, v4, and v5) and offers options to specify the number of UUIDs, save them to a file, or copy them to the clipboard.

Installation

You can install guuid using pip:

pip install uuidgen

Usage

The tool is available as the uuidgen command.

uuidgen [OPTIONS]

Options:

• -n, --number INTEGER: Number of UUIDs to generate (default: 1).
• -v, --version [1|3|4|5]: UUID version (1, 3, 4, or 5) (default: 4).
• -o, --output TEXT: File path to save the generated UUIDs. Each UUID will be on a new line.
• -c, --copy: Copy generated UUIDs to the clipboard.

Examples

Generate a single UUID (version 4, default):

uuidgen

Generate 5 UUIDs of version 1:

uuidgen -n 5 -v 1

Generate 10 UUIDs of version 4 and save them to a file named uuids.txt:

uuidgen -n 10 -o uuids.txt

Generate a single UUID of version 5 and copy it to the clipboard:

uuidgen -v 5 -c

Generate 3 UUIDs of version 3 and print them to the console:

uuidgen -n 3 -v 3

License

This project is open-source and distributed under the MIT License.