Hi Tim, Many thanks, will give this a try. I have that sha1 value here also, have just begun to use this. Many thanks, Christian On 2012-07-01 at 08:46 Tim Chase wrote: >On 07/01/12 08:21, Christian wrote: >> What command should I use in Linux if Iwant to check the checksum >> of a file? I have an MD5 value here and I just want to make sure >> that it matches the original size. > >You can use "md5sum" (usually part of most distros' base install): > > bash$ md5sum my_file.txt > >which should return the checksum. There's also a "sha1sum" which >will return the sha1 hash (cryptographically more secure as there >are some weaknesses with MD5). > >I don't know of any counterpart in stock Windows, but I suspect that >you can either download a stand-alone "md5sum.exe", or perhaps get >it as part of the Cygwin install. > >-tim _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list