Aparna Rallabandi wrote: > $ md5sum --string "654321" > c33367701511b4f6020ec61ded352059 "654321"
This is the md5 of the six characters "654321". > $ echo "654321" |md5sum --text > 4a62cf6ee3f8d889e65af1cc271f20fa - This is the md5 of the seven characters "654321\n". Use echo -n if you don't want the newline included. Brian _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils