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Linux md5sum Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
While we have already discussed the cksum command line utility, there's another tool you can use in scenarios where you need to verify the integrity of files during transfers. The tool we're talking about here is md5sum. Another frequently used too to compute checksums for files is the sha1sum command.
This tutorial will discuss this command's basics using easy-to-understand examples.
