hmm... md5sum /bin/* also works for me. =) Regards, --------- Muhammad Faisal Rauf Danka
Chief Technology Officer Gem Internet Services (Pvt) Ltd. web: www.gem.net.pk --- Adam Senger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Try something like > >find /home/user/basedir/ -type f -exec md5sum '{}' \; > >"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. >> >> Thanks for the assistance, >> >> Mark _____________________________________________________________ --------------------------- [ATTITUDEX.COM] http://www.attitudex.com/ --------------------------- _____________________________________________________________ Promote your group and strengthen ties to your members with [EMAIL PROTECTED] by Everyone.net http://www.everyone.net/?btn=tag