On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Girish Venkatachalam <[email protected]> wrote: > $ sha1sum file.iso > > Normally you don't use it with any switch. > > You have to execute the same command on two different machines and > verify the output. > > It is usually enough to look at the first 4 and the last 4 characters > of the output. >
If you have a SHA1SUMS or a similar file in the directory where you downloaded the files, sha1sum -c <file containing all checksums> will check them. This of course is only useful if there are many files that you have downloaded and want to check it all in one shot. --- Ashok `ScriptDevil` Gautham _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
