#!/usr/bin/env bash # https://gist.github.com/markusfisch/6110640 # Generate a pseudo UUID uuid() { local N B C='89ab' for (( N=0; N < 16; ++N )) do B=$(( $RANDOM%256 )) case $N in 6) printf '4%x' $(( B%16 )) ;; 8) printf '%c%x' ${C:$RANDOM%${#C}:1} $(( B%16 )) ;; 3 | 5 | 7 | 9) printf '%02x-' $B ;; *) printf '%02x' $B ;; esac done echo } if [ "$BASH_SOURCE" == "$0" ] then uuid fi