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Digest::file(3perl)     Perl Programmers Reference Guide    Digest::file(3perl)

NAME
       Digest::file - Calculate digests of files

SYNOPSIS
         # Poor mans "md5sum" command
         use Digest::file qw(digest_file_hex);
         for (@ARGV) {
             print digest_file_hex($_, "MD5"), "  $_\n";
         }

DESCRIPTION
       This module provide 3 convenience functions to calculate the digest of
       files.  The following functions are provided:

       digest_file( $file, $algorithm, [$arg,...] )
           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.

           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.

       digest_file_hex( $file, $algorithm, [$arg,...] )
           Same as digest_file(), but return the digest in hex form.

       digest_file_base64( $file, $algorithm, [$arg,...] )
           Same  as  digest_file(),  but  return the digest as a base64 encoded
           string.

SEE ALSO
       Digest

perl v5.40.1                       2026-08-30               Digest::file(3perl)

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