<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
<arg choice="plain">invocation-id</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
+
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>systemd-id128</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+ <arg choice="plain">show</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">NAME|UUID</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<para>With <command>show</command>, well-known IDs are printed (for now, only GPT partition type UUIDs),
along with brief identifier strings. When no arguments are specified, all known IDs are shown. When
- arguments are specified, they must be the identifiers or ID values of one or more known IDs, which are
- then printed. Combine with <option>--uuid</option> to list the IDs in UUID style, i.e. the way GPT
- partition type UUIDs are usually shown.</para>
+ arguments are specified, they may be the identifiers or ID values of one or more known IDs, which are
+ then printed with their name, or arbitrary IDs, which are then printed with a placeholder name. Combine
+ with <option>--uuid</option> to list the IDs in UUID style, i.e. the way GPT partition type UUIDs are
+ usually shown.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Exit status</title>
- <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.</para>
+ <para>On success 0 is returned, and a non-zero failure code otherwise.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Show a well-known UUID</title>
+ <programlisting>
+$ systemd-id128 show -P user-home
+773f91ef66d449b5bd83d683bf40ad16
+
+$ systemd-id128 show -Pu user-home
+773f91ef-66d4-49b5-bd83-d683bf40ad16
+
+$ systemd-id128 show 773f91ef-66d4-49b5-bd83-d683bf40ad16
+NAME ID
+user-home 773f91ef66d449b5bd83d683bf40ad16
+ </programlisting>
+ </example>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
" machine-id Print the ID of current machine\n"
" boot-id Print the ID of current boot\n"
" invocation-id Print the ID of current invocation\n"
- " show [NAME] Print one or more well-known GPT partition type IDs\n"
+ " show [NAME|UUID] Print one or more UUIDs\n"
" help Show this help\n"
"\nOptions:\n"
" -h --help Show this help\n"