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+nvme-id-uuid(1)
+===============
+
+NAME
+----
+nvme-id-uuid - Send a Identify UUID List command to the specified device
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'nvme id-uuid' <device> [--raw-binary | -b] [--human-readable | -H]
+ [--output-format=<fmt> | -o <fmt>] [--verbose | -v]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Send a Identify UUID List command command to the specified device, return
+results.
+
+The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character
+device (ex: /dev/nvme0) or block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1).
+
+On success it returns 0, error code otherwise.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-b::
+--raw-binary::
+ Print the raw buffer to stdout. Structure is not parsed by
+ program. This overrides the vendor specific and human readable options.
+
+-H::
+--human-readable::
+ This option will parse and format many of the bit fields
+ into human-readable formats.
+
+-o <fmt>::
+--output-format=<fmt>::
+ Set the reporting format to 'normal', 'json' or 'binary'. Only one
+ output format can be used at a time.
+
+-v::
+--verbose::
+ Increase the information detail in the output.
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+* Has the program issue a id-uuid to display structure.
++
+------------
+# nvme id-uuid /dev/nvme0
+------------
+
+NVME
+----
+Part of the nvme-user suite.