md5sum

Calculates MD5 hash values of files.

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Verified: 2025-10-08

Syntax

$md5sum [OPTIONS] [FILES]

Examples

$md5sum file.txt

$md5sum *.txt > checksums.md5

Typical use cases

Standard usage

md5sum --help

Note Used for integrity checking.

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