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-rw-r--r--usr.bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.111
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.c17
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1 b/usr.bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1
index 58b4a59..f97c6a8 100644
--- a/usr.bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1
+++ b/usr.bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1
@@ -34,14 +34,15 @@
.Nm
.Op Fl 1
.Op Fl n Ar count
+.Op Fl o Ar filename
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility by default generates a single universally unique identifier (UUID),
also known as a globally unique identifier (GUID).
-The UUID is written to stdout.
-The following options can be used to change the number of identifiers
-and the method used:
+The UUID is written to stdout by default.
+The following options can be used to change the behaviour of
+.Nm :
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl 1
This option only has effect if multiple identifiers are to be generated and
@@ -52,6 +53,10 @@ to not generate them in batch, but one at a time.
This option controls the number of identifiers generated.
By default, multiple
identifiers are generated in batch.
+.It Fl o
+Redirect output to
+.Ar filename
+instead of stdout.
.El
.Pp
Batched generation yields a dense set of identifiers in such a way that there
diff --git a/usr.bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.c b/usr.bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.c
index 0676e27..d5dac4b 100644
--- a/usr.bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.c
+++ b/usr.bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.c
@@ -37,20 +37,22 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
static void
usage(void)
{
- (void)fprintf(stderr, "usage: uuidgen [-1] [-n count]\n");
+ (void)fprintf(stderr, "usage: uuidgen [-1] [-n count] [-o filename]\n");
exit(1);
}
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
+ FILE *fp;
uuid_t *store, *uuid;
char *p;
int ch, count, i, iterate;
count = -1; /* no count yet */
+ fp = stdout; /* default output file */
iterate = 0; /* not one at a time */
- while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "1n:")) != -1)
+ while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "1n:o:")) != -1)
switch (ch) {
case '1':
iterate = 1;
@@ -62,6 +64,13 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
if (*p != 0 || count < 1)
usage();
break;
+ case 'o':
+ if (fp != stdout)
+ errx(1, "multiple output files not allowed");
+ fp = fopen(optarg, "w");
+ if (fp == NULL)
+ err(1, "fopen");
+ break;
default:
usage();
}
@@ -93,10 +102,12 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
uuid = store;
while (count--) {
uuid_to_string(uuid++, &p, NULL);
- printf("%s\n", p);
+ fprintf(fp, "%s\n", p);
free(p);
}
free(store);
+ if (fp != stdout)
+ fclose(fp);
return (0);
}
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