my $string = `uuidgen`; $string =~ tr [\-abcdef] [9012345]; my $first_10 = substr($string, 0, 10); #### use Data::UUID; my $string = Data::UUID->new->create_str; $string =~ tr [\-abcdef] [9012345]; my $first_10 = substr($string, 0, 10); #### use UUID::Tiny; my $string = create_UUID(); $string =~ tr [\-abcdef] [9012345]; my $first_10 = substr($string, 0, 10);