uniqueid

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Overview

Command uniqueid generates unique identifiers. It also has an option of automatically substituting unique ids with placeholders in files.

Usage:

uniqueid [flags] <command>

The uniqueid commands are:

generate    Generates UniqueIds
inject      Injects UniqueIds into existing files
help        Display help for commands or topics

The global flags are:

-metadata=<just specify -metadata to activate>
  Displays metadata for the program and exits.
-time=false
  Dump timing information to stderr before exiting the program.

Uniqueid generate - Generates UniqueIds

Generates unique ids and outputs them to standard out.

Usage:

uniqueid generate [flags]

Uniqueid inject - Injects UniqueIds into existing files

Injects UniqueIds into existing files. Strings of the form "$UNIQUEID$" will be replaced with generated ids.

Usage:

uniqueid inject [flags] <filenames>

<filenames> List of files to inject unique ids into

Uniqueid help - Display help for commands or topics

Help with no args displays the usage of the parent command.

Help with args displays the usage of the specified sub-command or help topic.

"help ..." recursively displays help for all commands and topics.

Usage:

uniqueid help [flags] [command/topic ...]

[command/topic ...] optionally identifies a specific sub-command or help topic.

The uniqueid help flags are:

-style=compact
  The formatting style for help output:
     compact   - Good for compact cmdline output.
     full      - Good for cmdline output, shows all global flags.
     godoc     - Good for godoc processing.
     shortonly - Only output short description.
  Override the default by setting the CMDLINE_STYLE environment variable.
-width=<terminal width>
  Format output to this target width in runes, or unlimited if width < 0.
  Defaults to the terminal width if available.  Override the default by setting
  the CMDLINE_WIDTH environment variable.