Using the MD5 check sum

[Markku Kolkka]

Jeff Vian kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika maanantai, 7. 
maaliskuuta 2005 04:56):
> I download both the iso files and the MD5SUM file.
> then a simple command such as this should tell you if the
> checksum is valid or not (A response is good, no response
> means they don't match).
>
> # grep `md5sum file.iso` MD5SUM

A much simpler way to check the file is:

$ md5sum -c MD5SUM

Both the ISO file and the MD5SUM file must be in the current 
directory when you run this command.

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 Markku Kolkka
 markku.kolkka at iki.fi