Solved: bash create md5 from string

[mister_v]

Hi,

I want to use bash to create a md5sum from a string.
I tried md5sum, but it expect a file as input.

[chris]

You can pipe it using |

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echo -n "test" | md5sum

(You need option -n because else md5sum will calculate the string with newline char.)

should give something like:

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098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6  -

if you don't like the - at the end

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echo -n "test" | md5sum | gawk '{ print $1 }'

[mister_v]

Thanks.

Indeed without -n the bash md5 check is not the same as with my PHP md5 check.