run gist from npx

package.json

{
  "name": "js-from-terminal-with-npx",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "bin": "./unique_id.js",
  "dependencies": {
    "yargs": "^15.3.1"
  }
}

unique_id.js

#!/usr/bin/env node
const args = require('yargs').argv;

function createUniqueID() {
  let dt = new Date().getTime();
  const uuid = 'xxyxxxxxxyxxxxxyxxxx'.replace(/[xy]/g, (c) => {
    const r = (dt + Math.random() * 16) % 16 | 0;
    dt = Math.floor(dt / 16);
    return (c === 'x' ? r : (r & 0x3) | 0x8).toString(16);
  });
  return uuid;
}

function generateUniqueId(prefix) {
  return `${prefix}${createUniqueID()}`;
}

console.log(generateUniqueId(args.prefix));