Re: how to write a script that recursively check files in a directory with md5sum

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Subject: Re: how to write a script that recursively check files in a directory with md5sum
From: Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:33:47 +0200
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Hello

j smith (<rootof3@yahoo.com>) wrote:

> md5sum checks one file a time. i want a script that
> recursively check files in a directory.Thanks!

Something like

find /usr -xdev -type f -name "*" -printf "\"%p\" \n" | xargs md5sum >\
usr.md5

or (untested)

find /usr -xdev -type f -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum > usr.md5

should work. See the find man page to see what the parameters do.

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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