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Hash Match
hashma is a tiny utility that helps with checking the authenticity of files downloaded from the internet. The usual routine when downloading an OS image from the internet is to also download another file that contains a list of checksums. Running a hashing algorithm against the image file will return a string of characters, or a checksum, which should match one of the checksums found in the list.
Usage
hashma expects two arguments, a file to verify and a file that contains a list of checksums. It will check the MD5, SHA1, SHA256, and SHA512 hash of the file. If the hash is found in the list of checksums it will return the hash and file name otherwise nothing.
Please note that this utility does not verify the file containing the checksums. It is your duty to check the authenticity of the file containing the checksum. Usually this is done via PGP signatures.
$ hashma debian-live-8.2.0-amd64-gnome-desktop.iso SHA256SUMS
aea5b49206904f3a2a01b31aee185f32fe46324b0f2bacbd259fc74374cb7b62 debian-live-8.2.0-amd64-gnome-desktop.iso
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