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Old 07-06-2009
Cksum file1 confusion
Hi all,

I'm currently trying to write a script that will input a .bin file (including file path) and output a computed checksum. My knowledge on checksums are not very good but I know that it should be a 32 bit sum of all the words in the file. If anyone can provide me any assistance, it would be greatly appreciated.
# 2  
Old 07-06-2009
Checksums verify the byte-by-byte content of files. Some are considered better than others.

You should use an already written routine, commonly available checksum or hashing command line utilities:
cksum
md5
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Old 07-06-2009
I've been using both cksum and md5 and neither will output the checksum that i want. I am quite positive that the file is correct, but these checksums do not match.
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Old 07-06-2009
Hi.

When you say "the checksums don't match", what do you mean?

They don't match with what?

Different checksum programs use different algorithms.

Where did you get the original checksum from?
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Old 07-06-2009
I think this is a homework problem.

Basically, it seems the user (seemingly a student) has been given an assignment to write a checksum with a script.

If this was not a homework problem, the poster would be describing the hash function they are using for the checksum, etc.
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