file-checksum
v1.0.4
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A CLI tool to display MD5 or SHA1 checksum of a file's contents.
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File Checksum CLI
A CLI tool to calculate checksum of file's content using md5 or sha1 algorithms.
Installation
$ npm install -g file-checksum
Help and Version
$ file-checksum -v
1.0.4
$ file-checksum --help
Calculate checksum of a file.
Usage: file-checksum <filepath> [options]
Options:
-v, --version Print current CLI version.
-a, --algorithm <algorithm> Algorithm to be used for hashing (md5 or sha1) (default: "md5")
-h, --help output usage information
Calculate Checksum
Once this package is installed globally, you can use file-checksum
command.
$ file-checksum <filepath>
$ file-checksum <filepath> -a sha1
$ file-checksum <filepath> --algorithm sha1
If
-a
or--algorithm
flag is missing, by default md5 algorithm is used.
Example
$ file-checksum test/file.txt
5e7c683623bdabaeae97f8157e80f85c
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