GuidGenConsole

Command-line utility for generating GUID values, formatting them, and putting them on the clipboard.

Options

Option	Description
-f, --format	The GUID format to generate. If omitted, the GUID will be unformatted.
-s	If 'format' is 'custom,' this is the custom format string. Use String.Format style ({0:NDBPXUL}) - U/L indicates upper/lower case.
-q, --quantity	The number of GUIDs to generate.

Formats

The -f or --format can be one of these values:

Value	Description	Example
ole	IMPLEMENT_OLECREATE(...)	// {C3731F56-D23B-4CDD-9AB6-BED470842A6B} IMPLEMENT_OLECREATE(<<class>>, <<external_name>>, 0xc3731f56, 0xd23b, 0x4cdd, 0x9a, 0xb6, 0xbe, 0xd4, 0x70, 0x84, 0x2a, 0x6b);
def	DEFINE_GUID(...)	// {C3731F56-D23B-4CDD-9AB6-BED470842A6B} DEFINE_GUID(<<name>>, 0xc3731f56, 0xd23b, 0x4cdd, 0x9a, 0xb6, 0xbe, 0xd4, 0x70, 0x84, 0x2a, 0x6b);
struct	static const struct Guid = {...}	// {C3731F56-D23B-4CDD-9AB6-BED470842A6B} static const GUID <<name>> = { 0xc3731f56, 0xd23b, 0x4cdd, { 0x9a, 0xb6, 0xbe, 0xd4, 0x70, 0x84, 0x2a, 0x6b } };
reg	Registry format {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-...}	{d2daab3e-c8ed-4985-b7f3-7209e4bc15fe}
custom	Custom format (specify -s with the format)

If you specify -f custom or otherwise omit the -f parameter, you can use String.Format style to indicate a custom format.

Parameter	Example
-s {0:N}	16ddb3ee514449069e1d10168759d841
-s {0:NU}	16DDB3EE514449069E1D10168759D841

Examples

Command	Yields
guidgenconsole -q 2	5c29f447-34c3-4eda-9000-1a4e4937d5a1 3a7ab022-51c6-43e9-98df-ffd3e75927be
guidgenconsole -s {0:NU}	019C47CAACC742EB93EAFEC8C9F27F5F
guidgenconsole -f reg -q 3	{a13a49c3-250d-4400-a7d5-be6df686a241} {d876bf20-55ae-49d2-a924-660d19be7e33} {3cc978d3-a32a-480f-bb41-42904e9492ab}