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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
print `uuidgen`.downcase.split("-").take(2).join
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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
print `uuidgen`.downcase.strip
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mxlje commented Aug 2, 2014

I have them mapped to ;id and ;uuid respectively.

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I prefer base 36 which can also be case invariant.

Here is my goto solution: https://gist.github.com/stalcottsmith/1b74155cbfe3a23d8573

Which gives me numbers like:

tg9wa3kblz9

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