John Machin wrote: > On Nov 24, 1:34 pm, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Why do Python's md5 and GNU md5sum produce differing results? > > They don't differ. Try feeding them the same input: > >>>> import md5 >>>> md5.new('snagglefrob').hexdigest() > '9eb2459fcdd9f9b8a9fef7348bcac933' >>>> md5.new('snagglefrob\n').hexdigest() > 'f842244d79af85b457811091319d85ff' >>>>
Or, alternatively: $ echo -n snagglefrob | md5sum 9eb2459fcdd9f9b8a9fef7348bcac933 - -- Ayaz Ahmed Khan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list