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"md5sum" command use Digest::file qw(digest_file_hex); for (@ARGV) { print digest_file_hex($_, "MD5"), " $_\n"; }</code></pre> <h1 id="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</h1> <p>This module provide 3 convenience functions to calculate the digest of files. The following functions are provided:</p> <dl> <dt id="digest_file(-$file,-$algorithm,-[$arg,...]-)"><a id="digest_file"></a><a id="digest_file-file-algorithm-arg"></a>digest_file( $file, $algorithm, [$arg,...] )</dt> <dd> <p>This function will calculate and return the binary digest of the bytes of the given file. The function will croak if it fails to open or read the file.</p> <p>The $algorithm is a string like "MD2", "MD5", "SHA-1", "SHA-512". Additional arguments are passed to the constructor for the implementation of the given algorithm.</p> </dd> <dt id="digest_file_hex(-$file,-$algorithm,-[$arg,...]-)"><a id="digest_file_hex"></a><a id="digest_file_hex-file-algorithm-arg"></a>digest_file_hex( $file, $algorithm, [$arg,...] )</dt> <dd> <p>Same as digest_file(), but return the digest in hex form.</p> </dd> <dt id="digest_file_base64(-$file,-$algorithm,-[$arg,...]-)"><a id="digest_file_base64"></a><a id="digest_file_base64-file-algorithm-arg"></a>digest_file_base64( $file, $algorithm, [$arg,...] )</dt> <dd> <p>Same as digest_file(), but return the digest as a base64 encoded string.</p> </dd> </dl> <h1 id="SEE-ALSO"><a id="SEE"></a>SEE ALSO</h1> <p><a href="/pod/Digest">Digest</a></p></div> <div id="metacpan_install-instructions-dialog" class="modal fade"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">×</button> <h4 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