This article spotlights alternative tools to cksum, a tool to compute and verify file checksums.
The software featured here is free and open source. All tools provide a command-line interface (CLI) unless otherwise stated.
| CLI Data Hashing Tools | |
|---|---|
| RHash | Utility for calculation and verification of magnet links and various message digests |
| md5sum | Compute and check MD5 message digest; part of GNU Coreutils |
| cfv | Test and create checksum files |
| Jacksum | Work with checksums, CRCs, and message digests |
| digup | Update md5sum or shasum digest files |
| sha3sum | Keccak, SHA-3, SHAKE, and RawSHAKE checksum utilities |
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All the CLI tools in this series.
| Alternatives to CLI tools |
|---|
| age // awk // bc // cal // cat // cd // chmod // cksum // cloc // cmp // compress // cp // cron // curl // cut // date // dd // df // diff // dig // du // find // ftp // grep // gzip // hexdump // history // jq // kill // less // locate // ls // lsof // make // man // more // mv / ping // ps // psql // rename // rm // sed // split // ssh // strings // sudo // sysctl // talk // tar // telnet // time // top // touch // traceroute // tree // uname // uniq // uptime // vi // watch // Wget // who // whois // xargs |
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