Mark G. Spencer wrote:
> Is it possible to MD5 all the items in a directory tree using Linux? I
> am on a Redhat 7.3 workstation. I have read the man and info file for
> MD5SUM and also tried to run it against a directory without success. I
> get the error "Is a directory" which is very self explanatory.
>
> So .. Is there another MD5 utility with more flexibility? I basically
> need to MD5 every file individually in a large directory tree with the
> output redirected to a text file showing the path, filename, and hash of
> every file in that directory tree.
Oops... reading this more carefully, it sounds like you want to generate
the md5sums of all the files in the whole tree, not just a given
directory. In that case, you need a bit more firepower:
for i in `ls -R /dir | perl -e 'while(<STDIN>){if($_=~/(.+)\:$/){print
"$1\n";}}'`; do
for j in $i/*; do
md5sum $j >> md5sums.list
done
done
Gross, but it will get the job done. Sorry for misunderstanding. ;)
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Josh Glover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Associate Systems Administrator
INCOGEN, Inc.
