Ron Johnson wrote: > $ echo "snagglefrob" | md5sum > f842244d79af85b457811091319d85ff - > > $ python > Python 2.4.4 (#2, Aug 16 2007, 02:03:40) > [GCC 4.1.3 20070812 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-15)] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>> import md5 >>>> s = md5.new() >>>> s.update('snagglefrob') >>>> s.hexdigest() > '9eb2459fcdd9f9b8a9fef7348bcac933'
echo inserts a newline, your Python snippet doesn't. % echo -n "snagglefrob" | md5sum 9eb2459fcdd9f9b8a9fef7348bcac933 - -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 18 N 121 57 W && AIM, Y!M erikmaxfrancis Granted that I must die, how shall I live? -- Michael Novak -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list