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+.\" Copyright (c) 2017 Sami Kerola
+.\" The 3-Clause BSD License
+.TH UUIDPARSE "1" "2017-06-18" "util-linux" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+uuidparse \- an utility to parse unique identifiers
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B uuidparse
+[options]
+.I uuid
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This command will parse unique identifier inputs from either command line
+arguments or standard input. The inputs are white-space separated.
+.SH OUTPUT
+.SS Variants
+.TS
+tab(:);
+left l l.
+NCS:Network Computing System identifier. These were the original UUIDs.
+DCE:The Open Software Foundation's (OSF) Distributed Computing Environment UUIDs.
+Microsoft:Microsoft Windows platform globally unique identifier (GUID).
+other:Unknown variant. Usually invalid input data.
+.TE
+.SS Types
+.TS
+tab(:);
+left l l.
+nil:Special type for zero in type file.
+time-based:The DCE time based.
+DCE:The DCE time and MAC Address.
+name-based:RFC 4122 md5sum hash.
+random:RFC 4122 random.
+sha1-based:RFC 4122 sha-1 hash.
+unknown:Unknown type. Usually invalid input data.
+.TE
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+\fB\-J\fR, \fB\-\-json\fR
+Use JSON output format.
+.TP
+\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-noheadings\fR
+Do not print a header line.
+.TP
+\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR
+Specify which output columns to print. Use \-\-help to get a list of all
+supported columns.
+.TP
+\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-raw\fR
+Use the raw output format.
+.TP
+\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
+Display version information and exit.
+.TP
+\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
+Display help text and exit.
+.SH AUTHORS
+.MT kerolasa@iki.fi
+Sami Kerola
+.ME
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR uuidgen (1),
+.BR libuuid (3),
+.UR https://\:tools.ietf.org\:/html\:/rfc4122
+RFC 4122
+.UE
+.SH AVAILABILITY
+The example command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
+.UR https://\:www.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
+Linux Kernel Archive
+.UE .