Words by Mário Gamito [Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 01:07:54PM +0000]: > Hi, > > I have a script that has to perform a hash over a password. > Problem is that sha512sum expects CTRL-D to be pressed to return to the > command prompt. > No, it just expects EOF. > I've searched all over Google, but either I didn't use the right search > strings or there is nothing relevant about this. > > Bottom line is that I need this command to print the password hash and > returns to the shell automatically: > > $ sha512sum | xargs echo "password" | cut -f2 -d' ' > > Tried: > > $ read x; echo "$x" | sha512sum | xargs echo "password" | cut -f2 -d' ' > > but no good and as a bonus (NOT) the hash is incorrect. That is because echo adds a \n at the end of the string. You should also do a silent read (-s): read -s ; echo -n "$REPLY" | sha512sum | xargs echo "password" -- Jose Celestino ---------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.msversus.org/ ; http://techp.org/petition/show/1 http://www.vinc17.org/noswpat.en.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- "If you would have your slaves remain docile, teach them hymns." -- Ed Weathers ("The Empty Box") -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
