bug#7313: sha1sum etc, output in base64 (original) (raw)

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From: Pádraig Brady
Subject: bug#7313: sha1sum etc, output in base64
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:15:40 +0000
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On 02/11/10 16:20, Pádraig Brady wrote:

env printf $(sha1sum file | sed 's/ .*//; s/(..)/\x\1/g') | base64

I just dug out an old script of mine that did low level manipulations like this, and I had used:

openssl dgst -sha1 -binary $file | openssl enc -base64

While that does show there is a need for this, it also shows there are widely available tools to do it already.

cheers, Pádraig.