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Diffstat (limited to 'misc-utils/uuidgen.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | misc-utils/uuidgen.1 | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/misc-utils/uuidgen.1 b/misc-utils/uuidgen.1 index d5e1a5675..75fef5df6 100644 --- a/misc-utils/uuidgen.1 +++ b/misc-utils/uuidgen.1 @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ an alias to one of the well-known UUIDs defined in RFC 4122, that is or .BR @x500 . The \fIname\fR is an arbitrary string value. The generated UUID is the -digest of the concatentation of the namespace UUID and the name value, hashed +digest of the concatenation of the namespace UUID and the name value, hashed with the MD5 or SHA1 algorithms. It is, therefore, a predictable value which may be useful when UUIDs are being used as handles or nonces for more complex values or values which shouldn't be disclosed directly. @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Display version information and exit. Use MD5 as the hash algorithm. .TP .BR \-s , " \-\-sha1" -Use SHA1 as the hash algorith. +Use SHA1 as the hash algorithm. .TP .BR \-n , " \-\-namespace " \fInamespace\fP Generate the hash with the \fInamespace\fP prefix. The \fInamespace\fP is UUID, @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ or '@ns' where "ns" is well-known predefined UUID addressed by namespace name Generate the hash of the \fIname\fR. .TP .BR \-x , " \-\-hex" -Interpret name \fIname\fR as a hexidecimal string. +Interpret name \fIname\fR as a hexadecimal string. .SH "CONFORMING TO" OSF DCE 1.1 .SH EXAMPLES |