Generate MD5 Checksum on a single file
md5sum filename
Generate MD5 Checksum on multiple files
md5sum filename1 filename2 filename3
Generate MD5 Checksum and ouptut to file
md5sum filename > md5.txt
Compare MD5 Checkum output file to current file in directory
md5sum -c md5.txt

As you probably know tar is designed to store and extract files from an archive file (a tarfile). Here I’ll show you some basic usage of this tool…
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