How do you check md5 checksums?
Posted: 04 Aug 2011, 14:15
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Re: How do you check md5 checksums? Topic is solved
Posted: 04 Aug 2011, 14:56
What could be easier than:
md5sum -c file.md5
where file.md5 is the file containing the md5sum
Jim
md5sum -c file.md5
where file.md5 is the file containing the md5sum
Jim
Re: How do you check md5 checksums?
Posted: 04 Aug 2011, 15:19
Be aware that the md5sum file has to comply with a specific format. IOW, I have used the file provided with certain downloads, it did not come in the proper format, so I needed to `md5sum` the download and `cat` the md5sum file.
Sometimes, the md5sum hash is displayed at the download site in the browser. I have dragged the mouse over that hash, gone to konsole, where I have already cd'ed to the directory with the download and
echo <middle-click>
Enter
That puts the hash at the beginning of the line. Then
md5sum <download>
Enter
After some wheels grinding, the result is printed, starting at the beginning of the line just below, making comparison fairly easy.
But really, are we going for the Guinness Book of World Records on "lazy" here?
P(ost).S(miley). The manual seems to provide what is the proper format, in case you ever want to make a text file that md5sum -c will understand:
Sometimes, the md5sum hash is displayed at the download site in the browser. I have dragged the mouse over that hash, gone to konsole, where I have already cd'ed to the directory with the download and
echo <middle-click>
Enter
That puts the hash at the beginning of the line. Then
md5sum <download>
Enter
After some wheels grinding, the result is printed, starting at the beginning of the line just below, making comparison fairly easy.
But really, are we going for the Guinness Book of World Records on "lazy" here?
P(ost).S(miley). The manual seems to provide what is the proper format, in case you ever want to make a text file that md5sum -c will understand:
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The sums are computed as described in RFC 1321. When checking, the input should be a former output of
this program. The default mode is to print a line with checksum, a character indicating type (`*' for
binary, ` ' for text), and name for each FILE.
Re: How do you check md5 checksums?
Posted: 04 Aug 2011, 21:11
Thanks guys I am confused at a much higher level now! I will do it like you gurus suggest.
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Re: How do you check md5 checksums? [SOLVED]
Posted: 05 Aug 2011, 16:07
I'm with Jim on this one. I use just "md5sum" on the file itself, "md5sum -c" on the burned cd of the file. Then just cat the md5sum file & see if they match.