sha2 utilities: Print or check SHA-2 digests

Qed qed at tiscali.it
Sat Jun 10 11:27:11 CEST 2006


On 06/10/2006 12:35 AM, rmyster wrote:
>>        --print-md algo [files]
>>        --print-mds [files]
>>               Print message digest of algorithm ALGO for all  given files  or
>>               stdin.   With  the  second  form  (or  a deprecated "*" as algo)
>>               digests for all available algorithms are printed.
> 
> Oh.......I never would have made the connection.  I can see what it
> refers to now but when I read it, the algorithm "ALGO" was one I had
> never heard of.  Realistically, I wouldn't have caught it even if it was
> written as   "--print-md <algorithm> [files]" 
Ever heard of the funny story about the user calling helpdesk because
cannot find the "any key" on his keyboard? ;-)
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