New-Guid
Creates a GUID.
New-Guid []
New-Guid
[-Empty]
[<CommonParameters>]
New-Guid
[-InputObject <String>]
[<CommonParameters>]
The New-Guid
cmdlet creates a random globally unique identifier (GUID). If you need a unique ID in
a script, you can create a GUID, as needed.
New-Guid
This command creates a random GUID. Alternatively, you could store the output of this cmdlet in a variable to use elsewhere in a script.
New-Guid -Empty
Guid
----
00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
This example converts a string that contains a GUID to a GUID object.
New-Guid -InputObject "d61bbeca-0186-48fa-90e1-ff7aa5d33e2d"
Guid
----
d61bbeca-0186-48fa-90e1-ff7aa5d33e2d
This examples converts strings from the pipeline to GUID objects.
$guidStrings = (
'11c43ee8-b9d3-4e51-b73f-bd9dda66e29c',
'0f8fad5bd9cb469fa16570867728950e',
'{0x01234567, 0x89ab, 0xcdef,{0x01,0x23,0x45,0x67,0x89,0xab,0xcd,0xef}}'
)
$guidStrings | New-Guid
Guid
----
11c43ee8-b9d3-4e51-b73f-bd9dda66e29c
0f8fad5b-d9cb-469f-a165-70867728950e
01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef
Indicates that this cmdlet creates an empty GUID. An empty GUID has all zeros in its string.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
This parameter accepts a string representing a GUID and converts it to a GUID object.
Type: | String |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
This cmdlet returns a GUID.
The cmdlet passes string input to the constructor of the System.Guid class. The constructor support strings in several formats. For more information, see System.Guid(String).
When used without string input or the Empty parameter, the cmdlet creates a Version 4 Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). For more information, see System.Guid.NewGuid.
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