md5string

Package: WA2L/edrc 1.5.57
Section: Library Commands (3)
Updated: 11 October 2024
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NAME

md5string - filter to calculate MD5 checksum on strings

SYNOPSIS

edrc/lib/md5string [ -h | -V ]

stream | md5string [ -n ]

md5string [ -n ] < filename

AVAILABILITY

WA2L/edrc

DESCRIPTION

filter to calculate MD5 checksum on strings line by line.

This command is faster then using the md5sum(1) command in a loop if checksums for multiple strings (not files) have to be calculated.

OPTIONS

-h

usage message.

-V

print command version.

-n

no input string output beside the checksum.

-f filename

filename to read strings (=lines) from.

ENVIRONMENT

EXIT STATUS

0

match

1

cannot read from the file specified.

4

usage printed.

5

version printed.

FILES

EXAMPLES

NOTES

to calculate the md5 checksum for entire files, use the md5sum(1) command.

BUGS

AUTHOR

md5string was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .

COPYRIGHT

This is free software; see edrc/doc/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

This document was created by man2html using the manual pages.
Time: 23:13:27 GMT, October 12, 2024