Hi I tried echo -n , but that didnt work . Also , there is another binary -> /sbin/grub-md5crypt which generates the md5 hash , but it does not take command line input , and not from echo either . Does anyone have any suggestions ? Regards, Karan ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Hooper" <whooper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 7:57 PM Subject: Re: MD5 Problem > > Karan Saberwal said: > > Hi all > > > > I am having the following problem : > > > > I want to take a string from a user and generate an MD5 hash for it . The > > cmd line utility "md5sum" does it for files etc , but I got a hash by > > giving > > : > > > > $echo "string" | md5sum > > > > The problem is that this string does not generate the same hash as that > > generated by GRUB . > > Try "echo -n" so that echo doesn't add a newline. > > -- > William Hooper > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
