Creating UUID on Linux Command-Line

Question

What's the latest solution to create a random UUID in up-to-date Linux/Ubuntu?

The answer here is rather out-dated.

Nothing. This is a way of creating UUID on Command-Line that I didn't know before. — xpt, May 8 '17 at 20:04
It's mentioned in the second answer in the question you linked to :) — PaterSiul, May 8 '17 at 20:12
"second answer", that means the first and accepted answer is out-dated. — xpt, May 8 '17 at 21:24
Possible duplicate of How do I change another computer's network settings from Powershell and/or .NET? — I say Reinstate Monica, May 9 '17 at 2:10

PaterSiul · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-08 20:12:33Z

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cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid seems to do the trick.

answered May 8 '17 at 20:12

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