On 17/04/2024 18:51, Piotr H. Dabrowski wrote:
* src/digest.c: --quiet option when reading tty stdin --- src/digest.c | 15 ++++++--------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)diff --git a/src/digest.c b/src/digest.c index 1a4cfd1fb..6501f5e9d 100644 --- a/src/digest.c +++ b/src/digest.c @@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ static bool warn = false; /* With --check, ignore missing files. */ static bool ignore_missing = false; -/* With --check, suppress the "OK" printed for each verified file. */ +/* With --check, suppress the "OK" printed for each verified file. + When reading tty stdin output only the checksum. */ static bool quiet = false; /* With --check, exit with a non-zero return code if any line is @@ -475,6 +476,9 @@ Print or check %s (%d-bit) checksums.\n\ the blake2 algorithm and must be a multiple of 8\n\ "), stdout); # endif + fputs (_("\ + --quiet output only the checksum when reading tty stdin\n\ +"), stdout); # if HASH_ALGO_CKSUM fputs (_("\ --raw emit a raw binary digest, not hexadecimal\ @@ -1085,7 +1089,7 @@ output_file (char const *file, int binary_file, void const *digest, printf ("%02x", bin_buffer[i]); } - if (!tagged) + if (!tagged && !quiet) { putchar (' '); putchar (binary_file ? '*' : ' '); @@ -1582,13 +1586,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv) usage (EXIT_FAILURE); } - if (quiet && !do_check) - { - error (0, 0, - _("the --quiet option is meaningful only when verifying checksums")); - usage (EXIT_FAILURE); - } - if (strict & !do_check) { error (0, 0,
Using the --quiet option for this seems a little awkward. One reason we added the --raw option, was for this single input case. I.e. please consider using something like this example: cksum --raw -a md5 | basenc --base16 cheers, Pádraig
