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A "Templater" template used to add a UUID to the title and id property of Obsidian notes

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<%* function uuidv4() { return 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'.replace(/[xy]/g, function(c) { const r = Math.random() * 16 | 0; const v = c === 'x' ? r : (r & 0x3 | 0x8); return v.toString(16); }); }

const uuid = uuidv4();

// Rename the file using Templater await tp.file.rename(uuid);

ScribbleGhost/uuid.md

// Insert frontmatter with ID -%>

id: <% uuid %>