simple-file-checksum
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Run the following to install:
pip3 install simple-file-checksum
>>> from simple_file_checksum import get_checksum
>>> get_checksum("tst/file.txt")
'9e107d9d372bb6826bd81d3542a419d6'
>>> get_checksum("tst/file.txt", algorithm="MD5")
'9e107d9d372bb6826bd81d3542a419d6'
>>> get_checksum("tst/file.txt", algorithm="SHA1")
'2fd4e1c67a2d28fced849ee1bb76e7391b93eb12'
>>> get_checksum("tst/file.txt", algorithm="SHA256")
'd7a8fbb307d7809469ca9abcb0082e4f8d5651e46d3cdb762d02d0bf37c9e592'
>>> get_checksum("tst/file.txt", algorithm="SHA384")
'ca737f1014a48f4c0b6dd43cb177b0afd9e5169367544c494011e3317dbf9a509cb1e5dc1e85a941bbee3d7f2afbc9b1'
>>> get_checksum("tst/file.txt", algorithm="SHA512")
'07e547d9586f6a73f73fbac0435ed76951218fb7d0c8d788a309d785436bbb642e93a252a954f23912547d1e8a3b5ed6e1bfd7097821233fa0538f3db854fee6'
$ simple-file-checksum tst/file.txt
9e107d9d372bb6826bd81d3542a419d6
$ simple-file-checksum tst/file.txt -a MD5
9e107d9d372bb6826bd81d3542a419d6
$ simple-file-checksum tst/file.txt -a SHA1
2fd4e1c67a2d28fced849ee1bb76e7391b93eb12
$ simple-file-checksum tst/file.txt -a SHA256
d7a8fbb307d7809469ca9abcb0082e4f8d5651e46d3cdb762d02d0bf37c9e592
$ simple-file-checksum tst/file.txt -a SHA384
ca737f1014a48f4c0b6dd43cb177b0afd9e5169367544c494011e3317dbf9a509cb1e5dc1e85a941bbee3d7f2afbc9b1
$ simple-file-checksum tst/file.txt -a SHA512
07e547d9586f6a73f73fbac0435ed76951218fb7d0c8d788a309d785436bbb642e93a252a954f23912547d1e8a3b5ed6e1bfd7097821233fa0538f3db854fee6
To install simple-file-checksum, along with the tools you need to develop and run tests, run the following:
pip3 install -e ".[dev]"
FAQs
Returns the MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA384, or SHA512 checksum of a file.
We found that simple-file-checksum demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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