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Calculate message digests of files or standard input

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Calculate a cryptohash on a file or standard input.

Usage:

digest algorithm [file] …

The digest utility calculates message digests of files or, if no file is specified, standard input. The set of supported digests depends on the current Python interpreter and the version of OpenSSL present on the system. However, at a minimum, digest supports the following algorithms:

Argument

Algorithm

md5

The MD5 algorithm

sha1

The SHA-1 algorithm

sha224

The SHA-224 algorithm

sha256

The SHA-256 algorithm

sha384

The SHA-384 algorithm

sha512

The SHA-512 algorithm

This program is modeled on the digest program found in BSD Un*x systems and written by Alistair G. Crooks. This Python version is an independently implemented program based on the manual page and output from the BSD digest program.

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