abcdefg
hashed. Currently the md5sum command only accepts a filename as input. I want to simply enter the following line and everything be done with.ctrl-d
to end the input.--help
for md5sum
demonstrates that the command:md5sum
to spit out the MD5 of the raw text you entered (including that Enter, it's a CR, IIRC).echo '$myvariable'
or echo -n '$myvariable'
but you should always use the doubleqoutes for strings and always use the same method. if not things won't match.7803ffcaea43bb81a439fde13b29bc35
, do: echo '$myvariable' | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f1
-n
in echo
means: 'do not output the trailing newline'.echo
with -n
inline:printf
:md5sum
command:md5sum
, press Enter then write string test
and then press double combination Ctrl+d)md5sum -
command:md5sum -
, press Enter then write string test
and then press double combination Ctrl+d)echo
WITHOUT -n
inline:md5sum
command but with Enter key after writing the text:md5sum
, press Enter then write string test
and then press agaien Enter and once combination Ctrl+d)md5sum -
command but with Enter key after writing the text:md5sum -
, press Enter then write string test
and then press agaien Enter and once combination Ctrl+d)bash
? md5sum
does not exist in my environment. I did a man
for md5 but I'm confused about what that really does.here string
notation then -man
page, you can play around with any of the following optionsnewline
character to produce the hash. To avoid that, you can use:md5
but most unices use md5sum
openssl
as well:echo -n string | md5
instead of echo 'string' | md5
. (I am using zsh)echo -n string | md5
you will get back string
. md5 -s string
also works which is already pointed out here.